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A JavaScript API for controlling headless Chrome and Firefox.
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PhantomJS
A scriptable headless WebKit browser, once the standard for headless testing and screenshots.
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Why revive it
PhantomJS defined headless browser automation, and legacy test suites and scrapers still use it.
Revival goal
Migrate users to maintained headless browsers driven by modern automation APIs.
Status
Abandoned
The maintainers have explicitly stopped or clearly walked away.
Why it was abandoned
Development was suspended in 2018 after headless Chrome appeared; the repository is archived.
Existing revival efforts
Forks, rewrites, successors and alternatives that continue or replace PhantomJS.
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