info

View locally stored browser information and runtime information.

Usage

pbvm info [-t <target>] [-r]

Options

Option	Short	Description
--target	-t	Browser identifier: {browser}@{buildId}
--runtime	-r	Also retrieve runtime information (starts a headless browser)

Static info

Always displayed:

Field	Description
platform	Browser platform
browser	Browser name (chrome / chromium / firefox)
buildId	Browser version
executablePath	Path to the executable
profilePath	Path to the user data (profile) directory
exists	Whether the executable exists
size	File size
createdAt	Install timestamp

Runtime info

When -r is used, pbvm starts a headless browser to collect runtime information:

• Chrome / Chromium: User-Agent, WebDriver endpoint, DevTools frontend URL, etc.
• Firefox: User-Agent, WebDriver endpoint, Gecko version, etc.

Runtime info is output in JSON format.

Examples

# View static info
pbvm info -t chrome@134.0.6998.35

# View static + runtime info
pbvm info -t chrome@134.0.6998.35 -r

# Interactive selection
pbvm info

Sample output

Static info:

  platform: mac_arm
  browser: chrome
  buildId: 134.0.6998.35
  executablePath: /Users/xxx/.cache/pbvm/chrome/mac_arm-134.0.6998.35/...
  profilePath: /Users/xxx/.local/share/pbvm/profiles/chrome/134.0.6998.35
  exists: true
  size: 345.2 MB
  createdAt: 2025-12-01T10:30:00.000Z

Runtime info:
The following information comes from a headless browser

{
  "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
  "webSocketDebuggerUrl": "ws://127.0.0.1:xxx/..."
}

Runtime info collection flow

Chromium CDP / Firefox BiDi

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