Chrome Flags Reference

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

--single-process

What does --single-process do?

Runs the renderer and plugins in the same process as the browser

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --single-process using CLI

chrome --single-process

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --single-process using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --single-process using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --single-process using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--single-process')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

LOAD_WEBUI_FROM_DISK