> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://browseruse-0aece648-larsen-v1-unified-docs.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Open-source agent on the cloud

> The cloud browser-use agent is the open-source agent, hosted — same agent, same models, running on stealth browsers.

The `browser-use` agent you run on the cloud **is the [open-source browser-use agent](https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use)** — the same agent, hosted for you. Same behavior, and you can run the exact same models. The difference is where it runs: on the cloud it drives our [stealth browsers](/cloud/browser/stealth) — hardened Chromium with randomized fingerprints, automatic [CAPTCHA solving](/cloud/browser/captcha), and residential proxies — so it gets past the bot detection that blocks a local Chromium.

One call, no infrastructure:

```bash curl theme={null}
curl -X POST https://api.browser-use.com/api/v1/agents/browser-use/runs \
  -H "X-Browser-Use-API-Key: $BROWSER_USE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"task": "List the top 5 posts on Hacker News with their points"}'
```

## Self-host or cloud?

|             | Self-hosted (open source)              | Cloud                                                                       |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Agent**   | browser-use                            | The same browser-use                                                        |
| **Setup**   | Your machines, your browser, your keys | None — one API call                                                         |
| **Browser** | Whatever you run locally               | Stealth browsers: anti-fingerprinting, CAPTCHA solving, residential proxies |
| **Logins**  | Manage your own browser state          | [Profiles](/cloud/create-profile) — saved login state by id                 |

Self-host when you want full control on your own infra. Use the cloud when you want the same agent with zero setup and browsers that don't get blocked — see [Stealth](/cloud/browser/stealth).