Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--renderer

What does --renderer do?

Causes the process to run as renderer instead of as browser.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --renderer using CLI

chrome --renderer

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --renderer using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--renderer']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --renderer using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--renderer']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --renderer using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--renderer')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

LOAD_WEBUI_FROM_DISK