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The Safari MCP server for web developers

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Re: The Safari MCP server for web developers

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Post by hnav »

reader9274 wrote: post #6
Onavo wrote: post #3

I wonder if it supports Private Relay. Private Relay is great for getting around scraping blocks because they explicitly whitelist apple private Relay ips.

Which sites explicitly whitelist Private Relay IPs?

https://developer.apple.com/icloud/prepare-your-network-for-... has a guide for web server operators, including a GeoIP CSV which could conceivably be used for whitelisting. More concerning is that they're plugging private access tokens there, which allows Apple to vouch that you're a human running their hardware.

Re: The Safari MCP server for web developers

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Post by Terretta »

demetris wrote: post #13

But does Apple really care about web developers? How do you test on Safari if you don’t have Apple devices? How difficult can it be for Apple to make barebones virtual machines with just Safaris?

Even in the Chrome hegemony you don't want to be missing Edge and many others, so you test chromium.

Similarly, while not perfect you can test WebKit, and if you like, on Linux or Windows, for example:

https://orionbrowser.com/platforms/linux

Apple wouldn't be in the business of VMs with Safari, but if you're looking for MacOS VMs, turn to a CSP: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/mac/

Many have software testing orchestration pre-wired.

Re: The Safari MCP server for web developers

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Post by demetris »

Terretta wrote: post #15
demetris wrote: post #13

But does Apple really care about web developers? How do you test on Safari if you don’t have Apple devices? How difficult can it be for Apple to make barebones virtual machines with just Safaris?

Even in the Chrome hegemony you don't want to be missing Edge and many others, so you test chromium. Similarly, while not perfect you can test WebKit, and if you like, on Linux or Windows, for example: https://orionbrowser.com/platforms/linux Apple wouldn't be in the business of VMs with Safari, but if you're looking for MacOS VMs, turn to a CSP: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/mac/ Many have software testi…

I know of the solutions. I use a few of them.

I have multiple Playwright webkits on both Windows and Linux. I have Epiphany on Linux (not 100% same webkit). I have subscriptions for testing on real hardware.

This is why it seems to me that Apple does not really care about web developers.

Re: The Safari MCP server for web developers

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Post by jwr »

egeozcan wrote: post #16

I'd personally suggest Playwright-CLI: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli It works much faster for me than the MCP servers I tried.

Also, spel (https://github.com/Blockether/spel) for persistent browser sessions (through a daemon) and Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit engines.

Re: The Safari MCP server for web developers

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Post by keepamovin »

greggsy wrote: post #7
keepamovin wrote: post #5

Building something similar for Chrome and Firefox browsers: https://github.com/DO-SAY-GO/WebCLI - a CLI not MCP. Tho am considering MCP for distribution, even tho agents love the CLI and the proof demos speak for themselves. The reason I did not include Safari was there wasn't enough parity between its Safaridriver surface and what Bidi/CDP give now. Safari is doing Bidi tho, iirc. So ...soon perhaps. ;) ;p xx ;p

Not really sure why your project needs to be so… edgy?

Marketing iterations. Plus dang downweighted my posts after I got the biggest Show HN of last year, so I'm trying harder to get attn. HN maybe isn't the big launch - but it's kinda a legacy thing for me. Can't blame a guy for tryin

The actual site is: https://duetbrowser.com/

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