OpenDia <img src="opendia-extension/icon-128.png" alt="OpenDia" width="32" height="32">
The open alternative to Dia
Connect your browser to AI models. No browser switching neededβworks seamlessly with any Chromium browser including Chrome & Arc.



πΊ See it in Action

π What is OpenDia?
OpenDia lets AI models control your browser automatically. The key advantage? It leverages everything you already haveβyour logged-in accounts, saved passwords, cookies, wallets, and browsing history. No need to start from scratch or switch contexts.
π Use Your Existing Digital Life:
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Logged-in accounts: Post to Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Facebook with your existing sessions
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Browser data: Access your bookmarks, history, and saved passwords
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Extensions & wallets: Use MetaMask, password managers, or any installed extensions
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Cookies & sessions: Stay authenticated across all your favorite sites
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Local testing: Perfect for development with Cursor - test with real user sessions
β¨ Key Benefits:
- π Universal AI Support: Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and even local models
- π― Anti-Detection: Specialized bypasses for Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Facebook
- π± Smart Automation: AI understands your pages and finds the right elements
- π‘οΈ Privacy-First: Everything runs locally, your data stays with you
- β‘ Zero Setup: Get started with one command
π Browser Support
Works with any Chromium-based browser:
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Google Chrome
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Arc Browser
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Microsoft Edge
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Brave Browser
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Opera
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Vivaldi
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Any Chromium variant
Perfect for Cursor users who want to automate their local testing and development workflows!
π¬ What You Can Do
Real workflows you can try today:
π° Content & Social Media
- "Summarize all the articles I read today and post a Twitter thread about the key insights"
- "Find interesting articles related to AI from my bookmarks and create a reading list"
- "Read this article and post a thoughtful comment on the LinkedIn version"
- "Check my recent Twitter bookmarks and summarize the main themes"
π§ Productivity & Research
- "Browse my latest emails and tell me what needs urgent attention"
- "Find all the GitHub repos I visited this week and create a summary report"
- "Extract the main points from this research paper and save them to my notes"
- "Search my browsing history for that article about AI safety I read last month"
π€ Development & Testing (Perfect for Cursor!)
- "Test my web app's signup flow and take screenshots at each step"
- "Fill out this form with test data and check if validation works"
- "Navigate through my app and check if all the buttons work properly"
- "Use my connected wallet to test this DeFi interface"
π Advanced Automation
- "Open tabs for all my daily news sources and summarize the top stories"
- "Draft replies to my unread messages based on the context"
- "Monitor this webpage and notify me when the content changes"
- "Automatically bookmark interesting articles I'm reading"
β‘ Quick Start
1. Install the Browser Extension
- Download from releases
- Go to
chrome://extensions/
(or your browser's extension page) - Enable "Developer mode"
- Click "Load unpacked" and select the extension folder
2. Connect to Your AI
For Claude Desktop, add to your configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"opendia": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["opendia"]
}
}
}
For Cursor or other AI tools, use the same configuration or follow their specific setup instructions.
π οΈ Capabilities
OpenDia gives AI models 17 powerful browser tools:
π― Smart Page Understanding
- Analyze any webpage - AI automatically finds buttons, forms, and interactive elements
- Extract content intelligently - Get clean text from articles, social posts, or search results
- Understand context - AI knows what type of page it's looking at and how to interact with it
π±οΈ Natural Interactions
- Click anything - Buttons, links, menus - AI finds and clicks the right elements
- Fill forms smartly - Works even on complex sites like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook
- Navigate seamlessly - Go to pages, scroll, wait for content to load
- Handle modern web apps - Bypasses detection on social platforms
π Tab & Window Management
- Multi-tab workflows - Open, close, switch between tabs automatically
- Organize your workspace - Let AI manage your browser tabs efficiently
- Coordinate complex tasks - Work across multiple sites simultaneously
π Access Your Browser Data
- Bookmarks & History - Find that article you read last week
- Current page content - Get selected text, links, or full page content
- Real-time information - Work with whatever's currently on your screen
π‘οΈ Anti-Detection Features
- Social media posting - Bypass automation detection on Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Facebook
- Natural interactions - Mimics human behavior to avoid triggering security measures
- Reliable automation - Works consistently even on sites that block typical automation tools
π¬ Example Prompts to Try
Once everything is set up, try asking your AI:
Content Creation:
"Read the article on this page and create a Twitter thread summarizing the main points"
Research & Analysis:
"Look through my browser history from this week and find articles about machine learning. Summarize the key trends."
Social Media Management:
"Check my Twitter bookmarks and organize them into categories. Create a summary of each category."
Productivity:
"Open tabs for my usual morning reading sites and give me a briefing of today's top stories"
Development Testing:
"Fill out this contact form with test data and check if the submission works properly"
Personal Assistant:
"Find that GitHub repo I was looking at yesterday about React components and bookmark it for later"
ποΈ How It Works
graph LR
A[AI Model] --> B[OpenDia Server]
B --> C[Browser Extension]
C --> D[Your Browser]
D --> E[Any Website]
- You ask your AI to do something browser-related
- AI calls OpenDia tools to understand and interact with pages
- OpenDia controls your browser through the extension
- You get results - AI can see what happened and respond intelligently
π Security & Privacy
Your data stays private:
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Everything runs locally - No cloud processing of your browsing data
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You control access - Extension only works when you want it to
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Open source - Full transparency of what the code does
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No tracking - We don't collect or store any of your information
Important: This tool requires broad browser permissions to function. Only use with AI models you trust, and in environments where you're comfortable with browser automation.
π€ Contributing
Love to have your help making OpenDia better!
Quick Development Setup
git clone https://github.com/aaronjmars/opendia.git
cd opendia
# Start the server
cd opendia-mcp
npm install
npm start
# Load extension in your browser
# Go to chrome://extensions/ β Developer mode β Load unpacked: ./opendia-extension
Ways to Contribute
- π Report bugs via GitHub Issues
- π‘ Share it on social medias
- π§ Add new browser capabilities
- π Improve documentation
- π§ͺ Test with different AI models
π License
MIT License - see LICENSE for details.
Ready to supercharge your browser with AI? Get started with npx opendia
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