# Install chrome-devtools-mcp with Homebrew Chrome DevTools for coding agents. Version 1.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:chrome-devtools-mcp ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install chrome-devtools-mcp ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:chrome-devtools-mcp - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.5.0 - **Source summary:** Chrome DevTools for coding agents - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-04T14:44:48Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - chrome-devtools (cli) - chrome-devtools-mcp (cli) - chrome-devtools (alias) - chrome-devtools-mcp (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.5.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-04 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/chromedevtools/chrome-devtools-mcp - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Chrome DevTools MCP is Google's official Model Context Protocol server for letting coding agents inspect and control a live Chrome browser through Chrome DevTools capabilities. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created in September 2025 under the ChromeDevTools organization. Its README describes an MCP server plus a standalone CLI that expose browser automation, debugging, screenshots, console and network inspection, and performance tracing to AI coding assistants. The project reached a 1.0.0 release in May 2026 and continued shipping frequent releases through June 2026, reflecting the fast-moving adoption of MCP tooling around coding agents. ### Adoption history The README centers adoption on MCP client configuration, including npx-based setup for agent tools and a Homebrew formula in the supplied package facts. It explicitly recommends using the latest npm package so clients track current Chrome DevTools MCP behavior. ### How it is used Users run the MCP server with npx or the packaged executables and add it to an MCP client configuration. It officially supports Google Chrome and Chrome for Testing, with options for slim mode, headless operation, disabling usage statistics, and disabling update checks. ### Why package nerds care For package-manager users, chrome-devtools-mcp is a snapshot of the 2025-2026 shift from browser automation as a test-only concern to browser introspection as a standard coding-agent dependency. It packages DevTools, Puppeteer-backed automation, and MCP conventions into a single installable developer tool. ### Timeline - 2025: GitHub repository created under ChromeDevTools. - 2025: v0.1.0 tag published in September. - 2026: v1.0.0 released in May. - 2026: v1.4.0 released in June. ### Related projects - Related projects include Chrome DevTools, Chrome for Testing, Puppeteer, the Model Context Protocol, and MCP clients such as Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Antigravity, and Amp as documented in the README. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for chrome-devtools-mcp. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** chrome-devtools-mcp - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [MCP tool packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/mcp-tools/) - Mentions MCP or Model Context Protocol. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mcp-inspector](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcp-inspector/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, debugging, developer-tools, mcp. - [playwright-mcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/playwright-mcp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: browser-automation, cli, developer-tools, mcp. - [agent-browser](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/agent-browser/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: browser-automation, cli, developer-tools. - [airtable-mcp-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/airtable-mcp-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mcp. - [chrome-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chrome-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: browser-automation, cli, developer-tools. - [geckodriver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/geckodriver/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: browser-automation, cli, developer-tools. - [mcp-get](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcp-get/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mcp. - [mcp-publisher](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcp-publisher/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mcp. - [chrome-devtools-mcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/chrome-devtools-mcp/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: chrome, chrome-devtools, chrome-devtools-mcp, devtools, mcp. - [chrome-devtools-mcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/chrome-devtools-mcp/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/chrome-devtools-mcp.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/chrome-devtools-mcp.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph