hwatu
io.github.hongnoul/hwatu
About hwatu
hwatu is an MCP server published by the GitHub account hongnoul. Verification browser for coding agents: headless WebKit, DOM eval, screenshots, pixel-diff.
It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the MCP bundle package hwatu-mcp-linux-x86_64.tar.gz at version 0.6.0.
It asks for no keys or passwords.
Version 0.6.0 was published on 25 July 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.
Written from the registry entry. 7 automated checks on registry metadata: 4 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 3 info. How we check.
What it asks for
This server declares no environment variables, so it asks for no keys or settings.
Checks
| Check | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Source repository linked | Pass | https://github.com/hongnoul/hwatu |
| Version pinned | Pass | Every package has an explicit version |
| Secrets requested | Info | Asks for no secrets |
| Known package registry | Pass | All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB |
| Namespace ownership | Info | Name verified via GitHub account hongnoul |
| Registry text aimed at the AI | Pass | Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI |
| Code red flags | Info | Package could not be read (not a zip) |
Popularity & health: 74 / 100
Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.
11 forks, 54 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.
What people say
2 Hacker News threads linking to the source code. We link to them and copy nothing.
- Hwatu: A daemon-based WebKit browser with 13ms window spawns 3 points, 0 comments, 2026-07-22
- Show HN: Hwatu – verification browser for coding agents (WebKit, one binary) 2 points, 0 comments, 2026-07-25
Look further: search Reddit, search Hacker News, read its GitHub issues. These are not reviews we checked.
Facts
| Registry name | io.github.hongnoul/hwatu |
|---|---|
| Publisher | GitHub account hongnoul |
| How the name is verified | Name verified via GitHub account hongnoul. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code. |
| Type | Local: runs on your machine from a package |
| Packages | mcpb https://github.com/hongnoul/hwatu/releases/download/v0.6.0/hwatu-mcp-linux-x86_64.tar.gz 0.6.0 (stdio) |
| Version | 0.6.0 |
| Published | |
| Last updated | |
| Source repository | https://github.com/hongnoul/hwatu |
| Website | https://github.com/hongnoul/hwatu |
| Category | Browser automation (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand) |
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