microsoft/playwright
Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
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: 13
- age_days: 2483
- days_rel: 34
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 34
Adoption not part of the score
95186 stars · 6345 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Playwright is a framework for web testing and browser automation that drives Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit through a single API, available for TypeScript, Python, .NET, and Java. It includes a full-featured end-to-end test runner, a browser automation library, a CLI for coding agents, and an MCP server that lets AI agents control browsers via accessibility snapshots.
Use cases
- run end-to-end tests for a web app across chromium, firefox and webkit
- automate browser interactions in a script, like logging in and scraping a page
- generate test code by recording clicks in the browser
- give an AI coding agent browser control via MCP
- test web apps in CI with parallelism and sharding
- emulate mobile devices like iPhone or Android Chrome in tests
- scrape dynamic javascript-rendered websites
When to choose
- you need reliable cross-browser end-to-end testing with auto-waiting and isolation
- you want a single API to automate all major browser engines
- you need browser automation for AI agents or LLM workflows
- you want built-in parallelism, tracing, and CI integration
- you need multi-language support (TypeScript, Python, .NET, Java)
When to avoid
- you only need simple HTTP-level API testing without a browser
- you need to test native desktop or mobile apps rather than web pages
- you want a lightweight unit-testing tool rather than full browser automation
- you cannot download browser binaries in your environment
Facets
framework · maturity stable
testing e2e-testing web-scraping workflow-automation mcp cli testing web-development developer-tools artificial-intelligence python dotnet jvm cross-platform cli browser browser-automation test-runner chromium firefox webkit headless-browser ai-agents codegen vscode-extension automation nodejs
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7c2f6e834cce
- homepage: https://playwright.dev · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1df034c136e5
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro · fetched 2026-08-28 · ca82f3fc94fd
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-playwright · fetched 2026-08-28 · 314ddc9f07f7
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/python/docs/intro · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5c5822e2deaa
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/dotnet/docs/intro · fetched 2026-08-28 · a6ef7805c7ac
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/java/docs/intro · fetched 2026-08-28 · 67158ea3c0a4
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/docs/getting-started-cli · fetched 2026-08-28 · 82b6590e3615
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/docs/getting-started-mcp · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6059653bd72c
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/docs/codegen · fetched 2026-08-28 · a9c039d63017
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft/playwright | main | 98 |
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