GoogleChromeLabs/chrome-for-testing
None observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
75/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 87
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1226
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1272 stars · 159 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Chrome for Testing is a Google-maintained distribution of versioned Chrome, ChromeDriver, and chrome-headless-shell binaries for automated testing, plus a JSON API and dashboard listing available versions and download URLs per channel and platform. It ensures reproducible, matching browser/driver versions for automation workflows.
Use cases
- download a specific Chrome version for automated tests
- pin matching chromedriver and chrome binaries in CI
- bisect a browser regression across Chrome versions
- fetch latest stable Chrome for Testing via JSON API
- install chrome-headless-shell for headless scraping or testing
When to choose
- you need reproducible, version-pinned Chrome binaries for Selenium, Puppeteer, or Playwright-style automation
- you want a programmatic JSON API to resolve browser download URLs
- you need to bisect bugs across many Chrome builds
When to avoid
- you just need a regular end-user Chrome browser
- you need browsers other than Chrome
- you want a testing framework rather than browser binaries
Facets
service · maturity active
developer-tools testing e2e-testing developer-tools testing web-development windows cross-platform chrome-for-testing chromedriver browser-automation -api browser-binaries linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/chrome-for-testing · fetched 2026-09-03 · 4dc0d29b29c1
- homepage: https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · b5b3128c3f36
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| GoogleChromeLabs/chrome-for-testing | main | 75 |
For agents
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