Zero-Install Browser Automation: How Actionbook CLI Achieves 5ms Startup Without Node.js

Actionbook CLI: Zero-Dependency, High-Performance Browser Automation in Rust What makes a browser automation tool truly “zero-install” and why does that matter for modern development workflows? Traditional browser automation forces you to download hundreds of megabytes of Chromium binaries, install Node.js runtimes, and manage complex dependency trees before you can automate a single click. Actionbook CLI eliminates this friction entirely by leveraging the Chrome, Brave, Edge, or Arc browser already sitting on your machine. Built in Rust, it delivers a 7.8MB single binary that starts in 5 milliseconds and controls your existing browser through the native Chrome DevTools Protocol. This article …