Scramjet Browser Better Access
is a high-performance web proxy framework developed by Mercury Workshop
The Catch
Nothing is perfect. Scramjet broke a few websites—especially ancient corporate portals that relied on obsolete JavaScript detectors. Some streaming services detected the proxy and blocked playback (though a toggle fixed that). And because it was new, there were no extensions. No ad-blockers (you didn’t need them—trackers were already stripped), no password managers (yet). scramjet browser
- Parse HTML, CSS, and JavaScript as true streams; progressively compile and execute pieces as they arrive.
- Begin layout and painting for visible content immediately, deferring non-visible work.
- Support partial hydration of interactive components so critical UI becomes interactive far sooner.
If one page takes 10 seconds, it doesn't hold up the others. The stream handles backpressure, retries, and errors gracefully. is a high-performance web proxy framework developed by
- Not for casual browsing: You cannot "surf the web" with it like Chrome.
- Learning curve: If you aren't familiar with reactive programming (RxJS, Node.js streams), the mental model takes time.
- Cost: Cloud execution is not free. For a few dozen pages a day, Puppeteer is cheaper. For millions of pages, Scramjet is more efficient.
And it was hungry.
Scramjet Proxy: A tool for bypassing filters and web censorship. Parse HTML, CSS, and JavaScript as true streams;
- Find the project on: GitHub (@scramjetorg)
- Install via:
npm i @scramjet/core
- Remember: No GUI. No lag. Just streams.
- Microtask coalescing and cooperative backgrounding