microsoft/playwright-java
Java version of the Playwright testing and automation library observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
93/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 84
- 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: 41
- age_days: 2168
- days_rel: 30
- days_push: 29
- n_releases_24m: 16
Adoption not part of the score
1536 stars · 297 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Playwright for Java is a library to automate Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit browsers with a single API, built for reliable end-to-end testing and general web automation. It is distributed via Maven and supports headless or headed execution on Linux, macOS, and Windows, locally or in CI.
Use cases
- automate browsers in java
- end-to-end testing for web apps in java
- take screenshots of web pages programmatically
- scrape websites with a headless browser
- generate test code by recording browser interactions
- run cross-browser tests on chromium firefox and webkit
- automate login flows and web form submissions
- test web apps in CI pipelines
When to choose
- you need browser automation or e2e testing from Java or the JVM
- you want a single API covering Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit
- you need reliable auto-waiting behavior to avoid flaky tests
- you want to record tests with codegen and run them on CI
When to avoid
- you work primarily in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or .NET where first-class Playwright test runners exist
- you only need simple HTTP requests without a real browser
- you need a full-featured test runner with assertions and parallelism built in, which the Java version lacks compared to Playwright Test
Facets
library · maturity active
testing e2e-testing http-client web-scraping developer-tools testing web-development developer-tools cross-platform jvm windows cross-platform browser-automation playwright headless-browser selenium-alternative web-testing codegen maven automation linux macos
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-java · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3008973d6df9
- homepage: https://playwright.dev/java/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · f82d9b794bf7
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/java/docs/intro · fetched 2026-08-29 · 67158ea3c0a4
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/java/docs/api/class-playwright · fetched 2026-08-29 · 52f8e6c670aa
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro · fetched 2026-08-29 · ca82f3fc94fd
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/python/docs/intro · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5c5822e2deaa
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/dotnet/docs/intro · fetched 2026-08-29 · a6ef7805c7ac
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/java/docs/getting-started-cli · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8064f739e2f8
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/java/docs/getting-started-mcp · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7b2f4a0d14dc
- site_page: https://playwright.dev/java/docs/codegen · fetched 2026-08-29 · c7340706ead3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft/playwright-java | main | 93 |
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