skip the chromium download when installing puppeteer

set PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=true
npm i puppeteer -S

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox'],
  headless: false,
  executablePath: '/Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium',
});

You should install Chromium manually.

Alternatives

Golang:

  • chromedp - High-level actions and tasks for driving browsers using the Chrome DevTools Protocol in Go

See also

References