# Playwright

Browser automation and end-to-end test framework that drives Chromium, Firefox and WebKit through one API.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/playwright/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://playwright.dev/
- repository: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright
- docs: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Microsoft Corporation
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: testing
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 20
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm init

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 98050
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 68885977
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 9850
- dependentPackages: 1947

### Sources

- urls: https://playwright.dev/ (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://playwright.dev/ (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://playwright.dev/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/blob/main/NOTICE (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright (read 2026-10-19)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/playwright (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro (read 2026-10-19)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/playwright (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/playwright (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Playwright drives the Chromium, Firefox and WebKit browser engines through one API from scripts, and ships a test runner for end-to-end tests of web applications. Besides TypeScript and JavaScript, the homepage lists Python, .NET and Java as supported languages. Microsoft maintains the project, and the [introduction](https://playwright.dev/docs/intro) is the starting point in the documentation.

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