Go rod by go-rod
A Chrome DevTools Protocol driver for web automation and scraping.
About Go rod
From the project's README at github.com/go-rod/rod. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
[](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-rod/rod) [][discord room] Documentation | API reference | FAQ
Rod is a high-level driver directly based on DevTools Protocol. It's designed for web automation and scraping for both high-level and low-level use, senior developers can use the low-level packages and functions to easily customize or build up their own version of Rod, the high-level functions are just examples to build a default version of Rod.
中文 API 文档 Features Chained context design, intuitive to timeout or cancel the long-running task Auto-wait elements to be ready Debugging friendly, auto input tracing, remote monitoring headless browser Thread-safe for all operations Automatically find or download browser High-level helpers like WaitStable, WaitRequestIdle, HijackRequests, WaitDownload, etc Two-step WaitEvent design, never miss an event (how it works) Correctly handles nested iframes or shadow DOMs No zombie browser process after the crash (how it works) [CI](https://github.com/go-ro
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 6.9k | github.com/go-rod/rod |
| GitHub forks | 475 | github.com/go-rod/rod |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 6.3 years | since Jan 2020 |
| Last commit | 3 months ago | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 117 | last: 1.8 years ago |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Go rod?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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