Browser Use vs MarkItDown
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- Maintenance 30%4916
- Adoption 30%6983
- Docs 20%6969
- Community 20%, not measured yet––
Browser Use scores 8 points higher. Browser Use leads on maintenance; MarkItDown leads on adoption.
What this does not tell you
Scores are percentiles of public GitHub signals. Nobody here tested these tools hands-on, so the higher score is not a verdict on which suits your project. Yellow marks the higher value.
Which one fits you
From measured data and licences, not from testing.
Pick Browser Use if
- Recent activity and releases matter most to you (maintenance 49).
Pick MarkItDown if
- You want the more widely adopted option (adoption 83).
Safety side by side
Automated scan, 2 Nov 2026. Not a manual audit.
- CautionBrowser UseSkill/agent file instructs piping a remote script into a shell: skills/cloud/references/quickstart.md
- No dependencies scannedMarkItDownCode checks clean, no lockfile to check
Why different labels?
A label partly reflects how much of each tool is visible and scannable, not only how risky it is. A tool without a lockfile cannot get a dependency check.
- Browser Use: Skill/agent file instructs piping a remote script into a shell: skills/cloud/references/quickstart.md — curl -fsSL https://browser-use.com/profile.sh | sh
- MarkItDown: code and instruction-file checks found nothing, but there is no runtime lockfile or manifest, so dependencies were not checked
Repo facts
Yellow = the higher value, where higher is better.
| Fact | Browser Use | MarkItDown |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 62 | 54 |
| Stars | 119,790 | 193,454 |
| Last push | 2 Nov | 28 Oct |
| Releases, 90 days | 7 | 4 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Open source | Open source | Open source |
| Language | Python | Python |
| Type | AI tool | AI tool |
| Runs locally | yes | yes |
| Hosted option | unknown | unknown |
“Runs locally” and “Hosted option” are read from each README automatically (or from the official docs where noted); “unknown” means no evidence was found, not that it is absent.
Questions about Browser Use vs MarkItDown
Answers use this week's StackGrade data.
Browser Use or MarkItDown: which scores higher on StackGrade?
Browser Use scores 8 points higher in Week 45: Browser Use 62, MarkItDown 54 out of 100. The score combines maintenance, adoption and docs (percentiles of public GitHub signals): Browser Use 49, 69 and 69; MarkItDown 16, 83 and 69. Community (20% weight) is not measured yet. It is not a hands-on test, so a higher score does not say which tool suits your project.
Is Browser Use or MarkItDown safer to use?
Safety labels from the automated scan of 2 Nov 2026: Browser Use: Caution, skill/agent file instructs piping a remote script into a shell: skills/cloud/references/quickstart.md; MarkItDown: No dependencies scanned, code checks clean, no lockfile to check. “No dependencies scanned” means the code checks were clean but there is no lockfile, so dependencies could not be checked; it is not a clean bill. It is an automated scan, not a manual audit.
Which is more widely used, Browser Use or MarkItDown?
By GitHub stars: MarkItDown 193,454, Browser Use 119,790. Adoption score (percentile among all 52 tracked tools): Browser Use 69, MarkItDown 83. Stars are one public signal and do not measure real-world use.
Which licences do Browser Use and MarkItDown use?
Browser Use: MIT; MarkItDown: MIT. Read each licence text before commercial use.
Should I pick Browser Use or MarkItDown?
Pick Browser Use if recent activity and releases matter most to you (maintenance 49). Pick MarkItDown if you want the more widely adopted option (adoption 83). This comes from measured public data and licences only, not from hands-on testing.
Full comparison table, every criterion
| Browser Usebrowser-use/browser-use | MarkItDownmicrosoft/markitdown | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 62 | 54 |
| Rank | #15 overall · #2 in use case | #22 overall · #3 in use case |
| Maintenance (30%) | 49 | 16 |
| Adoption (30%) | 69 | 83 |
| Docs (20%) | 69 | 69 |
| Community (20%) | not measured | not measured |
| Safety | Caution
| No dependencies scanned |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Open source | Open source | Open source |
| Language | Python | Python |
| Stars | 119,790 | 193,454 |
| Last push | ||
| Type | AI tool | AI tool |
| Runs locally | yes (README: "uv add") | yes (README: "pip install") |
| Hosted option | unknown | unknown |
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