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webframe: evaluated as a scraper and a sandbox
Publication: Simon Willison's Weblog
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Source published: 26/10/2026, 16:15:00 UTC
Briefing created: 27/10/2026, 01:23:17 UTC
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Briefings
Jeff Lindsay's webframe is a Go-based project that executes web pages in a headless environment via the glaze library, allowing execution of URLs or files with console output and error logging. Evaluated by Claude Opus 5.5, it functions as a sandboxing tool and a potential scraper, similar to the shot-scraper JavaScript tool but with a smaller dependency footprint.
Key points
- webframe is a Go project by Jeff Lindsay that executes web pages in a headless environment using the glaze library to access system browsers like WKWebView, WebKitGTK, or WebView2.
- The tool outputs console logs to standard output and errors to standard error, enabling exploration of web pages and evaluation of its potential as a sandboxing or scraping utility.
Context
The project was evaluated by Claude Opus 5.5, a large language model, to assess its utility as a sandboxing tool and scraper. It is written in Go and uses the glaze library to provide access to system browsers without bundling its own engine, similar to the shot-scraper JavaScript tool.
Limitations
Evaluation is limited to the provided source evidence, which describes the tool's architecture and capabilities without performance benchmarks, security audit results, or real-world usage statistics.
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