SafeCoBrowser vs traditional co-browsing
SafeCoBrowser is an open-source AI co-browsing browser for macOS that lets you bring Claude Code, Codex, or any MCP agent into your logged-in browser — only when you allow it, per tab, with an instant kill switch and a full audit log.
The short version
SafeCoBrowser is an open-source AI co-browsing browser for macOS that lets you bring Claude Code, Codex, or any MCP agent into your logged-in browser — only when you allow it, per tab, with an instant kill switch and a full audit log. Traditional co-browsing (the kind used in sales and customer support) lets a human agent see — and often control — a visitor's browser during a live session, to guide them through a flow.
How they differ
- Who co-browses: classic co-browsing is human-to-human (a support rep and a customer); SafeCoBrowser is you and your AI agent.
- Purpose: co-browsing tools are for live assistance during a support session; SafeCoBrowser is a developer tool for letting an agent act on logged-in web apps.
- Permission: SafeCoBrowser is off by default, granted per tab, with per-action approval and an instant kill switch — the agent sees nothing until you invite it, and never what happened before.
- Privacy: a privacy filter redacts cookies, tokens, and sensitive values from what the agent sees on screen, in screenshots, and in reads; sensitive form fields are masked when recording.
- Audit: every agent action is recorded in a hash-chained, exportable log.
SafeCoBrowser is best when
- You want an AI agent — not a human rep — to help inside your logged-in browser.
- You want to control exactly what the agent can see and do, and revoke instantly.
- You want sensitive data redacted and every action audited.
Traditional co-browsing is best when
- A human support or sales agent needs to guide a customer through a flow live.
- You're embedding screen-sharing assistance into a support product.
FAQ
- Is SafeCoBrowser a co-browsing tool?
- It's "AI co-browsing": instead of a human support agent sharing your screen, your own AI agent shares a controlled view of your browser — off by default, per tab, with sensitive data redacted and every action audited.
- What's the difference between AI co-browsing and screen sharing?
- Screen sharing exposes whatever is on screen to another person. SafeCoBrowser gives an AI agent only permission-gated, per-tab tools — never your cookies, passwords, or profile — and lets you redact sensitive values, approve each action, and revoke instantly.