Changelog
Notable changes, additions, and fixes in each browserlane release.
Notable changes in each bl release. Versions follow the published
GitHub releases; check
your own build with bl --version.
v0.1.1 — 2026-06-18
CLI UX polish on top of the v0.1.0 surface (same 65 CLI commands, 85 MCP tools).
- Branded launch screen when you run
blwith no arguments. - Grouped
--helpoutput, organized by category (Navigation, Interaction, Inspect page, and so on). - Restrained, TTY-aware colour — colour only when writing to a terminal.
- Fixed
bl add-mcpso it appears correctly in the help output.
v0.1.0 — 2026-06-18
First public release.
- CLI — 65 commands for humans and scripts: navigate, interact, inspect the page, capture, manage browser state and emulation, script with JavaScript, and manage sessions and the daemon.
- MCP server —
bl mcpexposes 85 tools to AI agents over stdio JSON-RPC. - WebDriver BiDi — drives Chrome for Testing exclusively over the W3C-standard WebDriver BiDi protocol, and auto-installs the browser on first use.
- Persistent daemon —
bl daemon startkeeps Chrome warm across CLI invocations for sub-second command startup. - One-command agent setup —
bl add-mcpregisters the MCP server with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, and the OpenAI Codex CLI. - Universal install scripts — a one-line installer for macOS, Linux, and Windows, with checksum verification.
- Signed, notarized prebuilt binaries for macOS, Linux, and Windows.