dessant/buster
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Captcha solver extension for humans, available for Chrome, Edge and Firefox
54 mentions on Hacker News by 41 people: 8 stories, 46 comments · first 2018-12-10 · latest 2026-09-09
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comment by keks24 · 2026-09-09 · in Ask HN: Are others seeing Google's reCAPTCHA rejecting Firefox users? -
Yes: https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by Gander5739 · 2026-05-07 · in Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA -
https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by SparkyMcUnicorn · 2025-04-07 · in Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code -
…[0] to automate the audio challenge. Far easier than for me to try and figure that shit out. [0]: https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by Semaphor · 2024-07-29 · in Dazed and Confused: A Large-Scale Real-World User Study of ReCAPTCHAv (2023) -
…it’s own tail. Anyway, I highly recommend buster, I barely notice captchas anymore with it. [^0]: https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by ornornor · 2023-08-17 · in AI bots are now better than humans at decoding CAPTCHAs -
Which is why I'm always using buster[1] when facing captchas. https://github.com/dessant/buster/
comment by niyaven · 2023-08-17 · in AI bots are now better than humans at decoding CAPTCHAs -
…has been a loophole for a long time to automatically solve them via google's own speech-to-text API https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by tobias2014 · 2023-04-08 · in Hacking Google ReCAPTCHA v3 Using Reinforcement Learning (2019) -
…I'm not sure how you missed the popular ones like Buster[1], NopeCHA[2] or 2Captcha Solver[3]. [1] https://github.com/dessant/buster [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noptcha/ [3] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ad…
comment by supriyo-biswas · 2023-03-15 · in Ask HN: Are there any working ReCAPTCHA bypass plugins for Firefox? -
https://github.com/dessant/buster/ buster is a technically legal software designed to show how easy it is to bypass google recaptcha.... if this continues to work, why not a third party SAAS that allows the same thing via an api?
comment by 2Gkashmiri · 2022-12-09 · in Ask HN: Developer abused “sign in with GitHub”? -
…speed dial: https://github.com/conceptualspace/yet-another-speed-dial buster captcha solver: https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by modzu · 2022-03-13 · in My essential Firefox fixes in 2022 -
…and enter a fake email address and repeated fake passwords. Or one of the addresses listed here: https://github.com/dessant/buster/issues/178 Though I got pretty easy ones trying it.
comment by DominikPeters · 2022-02-21 · in Tell HN: Airbnb just stole me 5 minutes of my time adding dices -
You can subscribe here for whenever it happens: https://github.com/dessant/buster/issues/320
comment by captn3m0 · 2022-02-21 · in Tell HN: Airbnb just stole me 5 minutes of my time adding dices -
…Arkose Labs (also used by Roblox, GitHub, Dropbox, Twitch, and more). There's some more links here: https://github.com/dessant/buster/issues/178 (Buster is a browser extension for automated captcha solving). You can subscribe here…
comment by captn3m0 · 2022-02-21 · in Tell HN: Airbnb just stole me 5 minutes of my time adding dices -
…any other has probably saved me from going on a killing rampage against whoever invented ReCaptcha https://github.com/dessant/buster * Typio Form Recovery --Fantastic extension that allows you to recover the data you've just typed into a…
comment by Normille · 2021-11-23 · in Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021? -
…of captchas for an archiving project, and buster helped me with a quarter of the captchas ( https://github.com/dessant/buster )
comment by sildur · 2021-08-27 · in Whoogle Search: A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine -
…auto-solves google captchas by switching them to sight-impaired mode and using speech recognition. https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by fuzxi · 2021-04-04 · in 533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online -
There is buster: https://github.com/dessant/buster Wasn't something I mentioned earlier but using the reCAPTCHA audio is also another solution for gcap. I haven't ever used it personally but always seemed like a cool idea.
comment by xzel · 2020-12-30 · in Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out -
…linked below to finish the installation. I'm happy to chat on GitHub if you need further help. https://github.com/dessant/buster#readme https://github.com/dessant/buster/wiki/Installing-the-client...
comment by dessant · 2020-11-27 · in CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017) -
I love this extension: https://github.com/dessant/buster It won’t solve the privacy issues but at least you’re not working on google’s training set anymore and captchas are automatically solved for you.
comment by ornornor · 2020-11-25 · in hCaptcha now runs on fifteen percent of the internet -
…Firefox ESR than Buster. Edit: Nevermind... After reading other replies, I think eznzt referred to https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by _tbjr · 2020-11-25 · in hCaptcha now runs on fifteen percent of the internet -
Captcha has been easily defeated programmatically for years. https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by inquirerofsorts · 2020-11-23 · in Opinion: On Google’s ReCAPTCHA Privacy Nightmare -
…the Buster[1] project (an extension that solves captchas for you) Shame on Facebook, again! [1] https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by ship_it · 2020-11-15 · in “Facebook has taken the name of my open source project ” -
…post automated messages, when it can help others. [1] https://github.com/dessant/label-actions [2] https://github.com/dessant/buster/blob/master/.github/label-...
comment by dessant · 2020-11-15 · in Open Source does not mean “Includes Free Support” -
…that is magically blocking the bots without realizing they're also blocking legitimate users. [1]: https://github.com/dessant/buster [2]: https://github.com/bakape/captchouli
comment by akalsz · 2020-11-06 · in ReCAPTCHA and the Anonymous Experience -
…successfully solve it I've used buster for years, it's free and open source, one click to solve: https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by inquirerofsorts · 2020-10-29 · in Chess Captcha -
Already exists: https://github.com/dessant/buster Edit: on re-read, you meant solving using humans. Buster uses speech-to-text APIs to solve.
comment by FredFS456 · 2020-10-28 · in Wikimedia is moving to Gitlab -
Just be a little smarter than the average commenter. It's not reached critical mass yet. https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by Waterfall · 2020-08-25 · in Please read the paper before you comment -
I use buster. It fetchs the audio captcha and sends it back to google for speech recognition: https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by sildur · 2020-08-05 · in Latest Firefox rolls out Enhanced Tracking Protection 2.0 -
Agreed. I hate it. Luckily they is a way around it: https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by c0inster · 2020-04-12 · in Cloudflare dumps reCAPTCHA as Google intends to charge for its use -
Until then, you can use my browser extension to solve them: https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by dessant · 2020-02-03 · in Captcha.nsa.gov -
Shoutout to https://github.com/dessant/buster by the way! `Buster is a browser extension which helps you to solve difficult captchas by completing reCAPTCHA audio challenges using speech recognition. Challenges are solved by clicking on…
comment by citruscomputing · 2019-12-09 · in Verizon/Yahoo Blocking Attempts to Archive Yahoo Groups – Deletion: Dec. 14 -
…with captchas, by giving us easy access to solutions already utilized by automated systems. https://github.com/dessant/buster/blob/master/README.md
comment by rapnie · 2019-10-22 · in Ask HN: Do we need Google captcha? -
…queries" audio block? Because it can be a common problem after using Buster for long enough https://github.com/dessant/buster/issues/56#issuecomment-481... .
comment by judge2020 · 2019-09-08 · in A captcha that requires your computer to solve equations in the background -
https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by qqii · 2019-09-08 · in A captcha that requires your computer to solve equations in the background -
I wish they mentioned https://github.com/dessant/buster which I love using
comment by MakiXx · 2019-08-05 · in There is no evil like reCAPTCHA -
…users are still too non-technical to use 2FA and are subject to the frustrations of reCAPTCHA. [0]: https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by rbritton · 2019-06-27 · in Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side -
I use https://github.com/dessant/buster to avoid captchas and swear by it. It uses google's speech to text to transcribe the captcha audio element, and posts it back as an answer so you don't have to do the annoying images.
comment by morrbo · 2019-06-10 · in Google's Captcha in Firefox vs. in Chrome -
…as a Firefox user, so I've made Buster to solve challenges and reclaim some of that lost time: https://github.com/dessant/buster If you're a developer, please consider replacing reCAPTCHA on your site with an alternative. reCAPTCHA…
comment by dessant · 2019-06-10 · in Google's Captcha in Firefox vs. in Chrome -
https://github.com/dessant/buster What about this one?
comment by dewey · 2019-05-31 · in Ask HN: A Good Alternative for ReCaptcha? -
…mode that would solve the visual challege, or assist users by suggesting image tiles to select. [0] https://github.com/dessant/buster [1] https://github.com/w3c/apa/issues/25
comment by dessant · 2019-04-10 · in Privacy Pass -
I use https://github.com/dessant/buster if I need to.
comment by Adamantcheese · 2019-04-02 · in How many hours do you reCAPTCHA per week? -
If you often get this while using Tor - https://privacypass.github.io/ For firefox - https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by judge2020 · 2019-02-13 · in Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box? -
https://github.com/dessant/buster A very good addon against the shit from Cloudflare and Google.
comment by gsich · 2019-02-13 · in Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box? -
…CAPTCHAs using the audio challenge. Native user input simulation will come with the next release. https://github.com/dessant/buster On my part it is a direct reaction to developers and their employers cutting corners and adding these…
comment by dessant · 2019-02-03 · in Why Captchas have gotten so difficult -
…to it a couple of months ago, then finally decided to automate it with a browser extension. https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by dessant · 2019-01-05 · in Uncaptcha2: Defeat ReCaptcha with Google Speech2Text -
…mode. I've never bothered to figure out why is that (possibly some other add-on interfering). [0] https://github.com/dessant/buster
comment by r3bl · 2019-01-05 · in Uncaptcha2: Defeat ReCaptcha with Google Speech2Text