Sneaky Selenium

Sneaky Selenium is a Python package designed to prevent Selenium from being detected. Its primary goal is to enhance Selenium's stealth capabilities ensuring smooth automation while bypassing detection systems. Currently supports Chrome and Remote WebDriver.

Project Lineage

This project has evolved through several maintainers:

1. puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth by berstend (2019) - The original JavaScript stealth plugin for Puppeteer
2. selenium-stealth by diprajpatra (2020) - Python port for Selenium, now unmaintained
3. stealthenium by markmelnic (2024) - Updated fork with fixes
4. sneaky-selenium (2026) - Current version with modern evasions, Tor integration, and Python 3.13+ support

Features

• Passes public bot detection tests.
• Bypasses Cloudflare and other bot detection systems.
• Maintains a reasonable reCAPTCHA v3 score.
• Tor integration for anonymous browsing.
• Updated for 2026 with modern evasion techniques.

Installation

Available on PyPI:

pip install sneaky-selenium

For Tor support (optional):

pip install sneaky-selenium[tor]

Usage

from selenium import webdriver
from sneaky_selenium import stealth
import time

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

stealth(driver,
        languages=["en-US", "en"],
        vendor="Google Inc.",
        platform="Win32",
        webgl_vendor="Intel Inc.",
        renderer="Intel Iris OpenGL Engine",
        fix_hairline=True,
        )

driver.get("https://bot.sannysoft.com/")
time.sleep(5)
driver.quit()

Tor Integration

Sneaky Selenium supports routing traffic through the Tor network for anonymous browsing.

Prerequisites

1. Install Tor: sudo pacman -S tor (Arch) / sudo apt install tor (Debian) / brew install tor (macOS)
2. Start Tor: sudo systemctl start tor
3. Install with Tor support: pip install sneaky-selenium[tor]

Quick Start with Tor

from sneaky_selenium import stealth_with_tor

# One-liner to create a stealthed browser routing through Tor
driver = stealth_with_tor()
driver.get("https://check.torproject.org")
driver.quit()

Custom Tor Configuration

from sneaky_selenium import stealth_with_tor, TorDriverConfig

config = TorDriverConfig(
    socks_host="127.0.0.1",
    socks_port=9050,      # Default Tor port (9150 for Tor Browser Bundle)
    headless=True,
    additional_options=["--window-size=1920,1080"],
)

driver = stealth_with_tor(
    config=config,
    languages=["en-US", "en"],
    platform="Win32",
)

driver.get("https://bot.sannysoft.com/")
driver.quit()

Utility Functions

from sneaky_selenium import (
    is_tor_available,
    check_tor_connection,
    get_tor_exit_ip,
    verify_tor_connection_via_driver,
)

# Check if Tor is running
if is_tor_available():
    print("Tor is available!")

# Get connection info (requires requests[socks])
info = check_tor_connection()
print(f"Connected: {info['connected']}, IP: {info['ip']}, Is Tor: {info['is_tor']}")

# Verify via browser
result = verify_tor_connection_via_driver(driver)
print(result["message"])

API Reference

stealth(
    driver: Driver,
    user_agent: str | None = None,
    languages: list[str] | None = ["en-US", "en"],
    vendor: str = "Google Inc.",
    platform: str | None = "Win32",
    webgl_vendor: str = "Intel Inc.",
    renderer: str = "Intel Iris OpenGL Engine",
    fix_hairline: bool = False,
    run_on_insecure_origins: bool = False,
    device_memory: int = 8,
    hardware_concurrency: int = 8,
)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

© 2019 berstend, 2020 diprajpatra, 2024 markmelnic, 2026 KaiErikNiermann