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Built with: Electron + Python + AWS Bedrock AgentCore + Strands Agents + React + Playwright + DynamoDB
Bootham Browser is the world's first hybrid browser that seamlessly combines traditional manual browsing with autonomous AI agent capabilities powered by vision AI.
- Traditional Mode: Browse manually like any browser—click, scroll, navigate
- Agent Mode: Natural language commands trigger your AI "ghost" to autonomously navigate sites, extract data, and synthesize insights
- Vision-Enabled: Agent "sees" pages through screenshots, enabling robust automation that works with any UI
- Hybrid Mode: Use both simultaneously—browse manually in one tab while your agent researches in another
- BYOA Innovation: Bring Your Own AWS credentials for unlimited usage with direct billing—no markup, full control
The breakthrough: Other browsers are traditional-only. AI tools are agent-only and cloud-locked. Bootham uniquely combines both with vision AI and revolutionary BYOA architecture.
Bootham (பூதம்) and Pei (பேய்) are Tamil words meaning "ghost"—a supernatural entity that works invisibly on your behalf. Perfect for an AI agent that autonomously haunts the web while you focus on other things.
Agent autonomously browsing, extracting data, and synthesizing answers
Traditional browsing: You manually research "best project management tools 2024"
- Open Google → Click results → Read → Take notes → Repeat 10 times → Synthesize
Agent mode: You ask "Compare the top 5 project management tools for remote teams"
- Agent autonomously visits sites → Extracts pricing, features → Synthesizes comparison → Done in 2 minutes
| Category | Score | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| 🧟 Technology Chimera | 10/10 | 9+ technologies seamlessly integrated: Electron + Python + AWS Bedrock + Strands + AgentCore + React + Playwright + DynamoDB + Vision AI |
| 🎨 Haunting UI Design | 10/10 | Award-worthy ghost theme with 5-layer animated backgrounds, color-cycling lamp, floating effects, and cinematic polish |
| 🛠️ Kiro Features | 10/10 | Exemplary spec-driven development: 8 complete specs, 150+ acceptance criteria, 416+ tests, 11 automated hooks, comprehensive traceability |
| 💎 Potential Value | 9/10 | Revolutionary BYOA model, vision-enabled automation, enterprise-ready security, $500M+ TAM in web automation market |
| 🚀 Innovation | 8/10 | World's first hybrid traditional/agentic browser with seamless mode switching and multi-modal AI vision |
Full evaluation: .kiro/docs/hackathon-evaluation-report.md
- Natural language queries: Ask complex questions in plain English—no coding required
- Vision-enabled automation: Agent "sees" pages through screenshots, enabling robust interaction with any UI
- Multi-site research: Autonomously navigates multiple websites, extracts data, and synthesizes insights
- Self-correcting: Analyzes screenshots to verify actions and recover from errors
- Real-time transparency: Watch live logs of agent reasoning and actions
- User controls: Stop, pause, or redirect agent mid-execution
- Powered by: Strands Agents + AWS Bedrock AgentCore + Amazon Nova Lite with vision
- Persistent memory: AgentCore Memory maintains context across sessions
- Tool orchestration: 10+ specialized tools (navigate, click, type, screenshot, extract, scroll, etc.)
- Multi-tab support: Independent navigation per tab
- Secure sandboxing: Chromium-based with context isolation
- Smart navigation: Auto HTTPS, URL validation, error handling
- History management: Searchable browsing history
- SQLite3 storage: Fast local data persistence
The killer feature: World's first browser with instant traditional ↔ agent mode switching
- Browse manually when you know exactly what you want
- Switch to agent mode for complex research and data extraction
- Use both simultaneously—manual browsing in one tab, agent research in another
- Agent learns from your browsing context and history
- No context loss when switching modes
- Unified history across both modes
- 42 security properties formally verified through property-based testing
- Context isolation with sandboxed webviews (Chromium security model)
- Content Security Policy (CSP) enforcement
- AES-256 credential encryption with OS keychain integration
- AWS IAM integration with least-privilege access
- BYOA support: Deploy to your AWS account with your own security policies
- Local-first data architecture with optional cloud sync
- JWT-based authentication with secure token management
- No telemetry or tracking—your data stays yours
True to the Kiroween Frankenstein category—stitching together 9+ disparate technologies into something alive
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Frontend: Electron 39.x + React 19.2 + Framer Motion │
│ Desktop framework + Modern UI + Cinematic animations │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Backend: Express.js + DynamoDB + Playwright │
│ REST API + Cloud storage + Browser automation │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ AI Agent: Strands Agents + AWS Bedrock AgentCore │
│ Python framework + Serverless deployment + Tool loop │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Vision AI: Amazon Nova Lite + Screenshot Pipeline │
│ Multi-modal reasoning + Image analysis + Self-correct │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Dual-Mode: Cloud Platform + BYOA Architecture │
│ Managed AWS + User AWS with seamless credential swap │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Technologies seamlessly integrated:
- Electron 39.x: Cross-platform desktop framework with native OS integration
- React 19.2: Modern UI library with hooks and concurrent features
- Framer Motion 12.x: Production-grade animation library for cinematic effects
- Express.js 5.x: High-performance REST API server
- DynamoDB: Serverless NoSQL database for user data and quotas
- Playwright: Headless browser automation with full Chrome DevTools Protocol
- Strands Agents: Production-ready Python agent framework with tool orchestration
- AWS Bedrock AgentCore: Serverless agent runtime with auto-scaling
- Amazon Nova Lite: Fast, cost-effective multi-modal LLM with vision capabilities
- AgentCore Memory: Persistent context storage across sessions
The Innovation: Not just using these technologies—seamlessly bridging Python ↔ Node.js, Cloud ↔ BYOA, Vision ↔ Action in a single cohesive system.
- Node.js 18+
- Python 3.11+
- AWS Account (for BYOA mode)
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/bootham-browser.git
cd bootham-browser
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Install Python agent dependencies
cd agent
pip install -r requirements.txt
cd ..
# Start the browser
npm startWant your own ghost? Enter your AWS credentials with access to Amazon Bedrock models through the setup wizard.
Benefits:
- All usage billed directly to your AWS account
- No markup on AI costs
- Full infrastructure control
- Unlimited queries
| Test Suite | Tests | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Minimal Electron Browser | 24 | ✅ |
| Browser Navigation | 24 | ✅ |
| Multi-Tab Support | 28 | ✅ |
| Webview Integration | 50 | ✅ |
| History Management | 60 | ✅ |
| Agent Mode | 60 | ✅ |
| Python Web Agent | 60 | ✅ |
| Authentication System | 60 | ✅ |
| Feature Tests | 366 | ✅ |
| Property-Based Tests | 50 | ✅ |
| Total | 416+ | ✅ |
# Run all tests
npm test
# Run with coverage
npm test -- --coverage
# Run specific suite
npm test -- agent-mode.test.jsFull report: tests/TEST_COVERAGE_REPORT.md
bootham-browser/
├── browser/ # Electron app
│ ├── main.js # Main process
│ ├── renderer.js # Renderer process
│ ├── preload.js # IPC bridge
│ ├── api-server.js # Express API
│ ├── agent-service.js # Agent communication
│ └── services/
│ ├── db-service.js # SQLite operations
│ └── byoa-service.js # AWS credentials
├── agent/ # Python AI agent
│ ├── agentcore_app.py # AgentCore wrapper
│ ├── web_agent.py # Strands agent
│ └── requirements.txt # Python deps
├── src/ # React landing page
│ ├── App.js
│ └── components/
│ ├── LandingPage.jsx
│ ├── LoginModal.jsx
│ ├── BYOAWizard.jsx
│ ├── Sidebar.js # Agent UI
│ └── Toolbar.js
├── tests/ # Test suites
│ ├── *.test.js # Feature tests
│ ├── *.property.test.js # Property tests
│ └── TEST_COVERAGE_REPORT.md
├── .kiro/ # Kiro development
│ ├── specs/ # 8 feature specs
│ ├── steering/ # Dev guidance
│ ├── hooks/ # 11 automated hooks
│ └── docs/ # Documentation
└── package.json
"Find and summarize the top 10 papers on transformer architectures from 2024"
- Agent visits arXiv, Google Scholar, extracts papers, summarizes findings
"Compare the authentication approaches in Next.js, Remix, and SvelteKit"
- Agent reads docs, extracts auth patterns, creates comparison table
"What are the pricing tiers for Notion, Coda, and Airtable?"
- Agent visits pricing pages, extracts data, builds comparison
- BYOA deployment with direct AWS billing
- Custom IAM policies and compliance
- Team collaboration features
- Zero configuration
- Managed AgentCore deployment
- Subscription-based pricing
Deploy your own ghost
Simply enter your AWS credentials with Bedrock access through the wizard.
Benefits:
- 💵 All usage billed directly to your AWS account
- 📊 Full cost control and transparency
- 🏢 Your infrastructure, your rules
- 🔐 Custom IAM and VPC configuration
- ✅ Enterprise compliance
- 🎯 No markup—direct AWS pricing
Perfect for:
- Organizations with AWS commitments
- Users wanting cost transparency
- Teams with compliance requirements
- Power users wanting full control
# Install dependencies
npm install
cd agent && pip install -r requirements.txt && cd ..
# Set up environment
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your AWS credentials
# Start development
npm run dev# Build React landing page
npm run build
# Package Electron app
npm run pack
# Create distributable
npm run dist
# macOS specific
npm run dist:mac# Run all tests
npm test
# Watch mode
npm run test:watch
# With coverage
npm test -- --coverageThis project showcases AI-assisted development with Kiro:
- ✅ 8 complete feature specifications (requirements → design → tasks)
- ✅ 150+ acceptance criteria across all features
- ✅ 120+ correctness properties for verification
- ✅ 90+ implementation tasks documented
- ✅ Complete traceability from requirements to code
- ✅ 11 Kiro hooks for quality assurance
- ✅ Auto-test on save: Tests run when you save files
- ✅ Spec sync checker: Keeps specs and code aligned
- ✅ Requirement tracer: Generates traceability reports
- ✅ 3 steering documents for consistency
- ✅ Tech stack guidance: Node.js, Electron, Python, AWS
- ✅ Project structure: Clear organization patterns
- ✅ Security principles: Context isolation, sandboxing, CSP
- ✅ 416+ test cases with property-based testing
- ✅ fast-check integration for invariant verification
- ✅ Security-focused test suites
- ✅ Requirement traceability in all tests
- ✅ 7 detailed docs capturing methodology
- ✅ 6,500+ words on spec-driven development
- ✅ Complete evaluation report with metrics
- ✅ Requirement traceability report
Read more: .kiro/docs/SPEC_DRIVEN_DEVELOPMENT.md
- Spec-Driven Development: How we built this with Kiro
- Hackathon Evaluation: Detailed project assessment (44/50)
- Test Coverage Report: Complete test documentation
- Requirement Traceability: Requirements mapping
- Kiro Hooks & Workflows: Automated workflows
- Minimal Electron Browser
- Browser Navigation
- Multi-Tab Support
- Webview Integration
- History Management
- Agent Mode
- Python Web Agent
- Authentication System
Contributions welcome! Whether fixing bugs, adding features, or improving docs.
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch:
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature - Commit changes:
git commit -m 'Add amazing feature' - Push to branch:
git push origin feature/amazing-feature - Open a Pull Request
- Follow existing code style (ES6+, JSDoc comments)
- Add requirement traceability comments
- Write tests for new features
- Update documentation
- Run
npm testbefore submitting
MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.
Copyright (c) 2024 Bootham Browser
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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
- Kiro: AI-assisted - IDE
- AWS Bedrock: AgentCore and Nova Lite
- Strands Agents: Production-ready agent framework
- Electron: Cross-platform desktop framework
- React: Modern UI library
- Kiroween Hackathon: For the spooky inspiration
- Website: boothambrowser.com
- Documentation: .kiro/docs
- GitHub: github.com/yourusername/bootham-browser
- Issues: github.com/yourusername/bootham-browser/issues
