# SeleniumHQ/selenium-ide

Open Source record and playback test automation for the web.

Repository: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium-ide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/selenium-ide
Homepage: https://selenium.dev/selenium-ide/
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: selenium-ide, webextension, electron, playback, record, selenium, webdriver
Last push: 2026-02-06T07:28:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 66, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3312, "days_push": 208, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3110, forks 830 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:43.886161+00:00)

## What it is
Selenium IDE is an open-source record-and-playback test automation tool for the web, available as a Chrome/Firefox browser extension and an Electron desktop application. It lets users record browser interactions as test scripts, run them with control flow and assertions, and execute them cross-browser via a command-line runner.

## Use cases
- record browser tests without writing code
- create end-to-end tests for a web app
- replay recorded selenium scripts
- run selenium ide tests in parallel on multiple browsers
- export recorded tests to selenium code
- debug flaky web ui tests with breakpoints

## When to choose
- you want a no-code, turn-key way to author web e2e tests
- you need quick record-and-playback smoke tests without setup
- you want to run recorded tests cross-browser via a CLI runner
- you're new to test automation and want instant feedback

## When to avoid
- you need a full programmatic test framework with custom fixtures and CI integration depth
- you require complex test logic beyond the built-in control flow commands
- you're testing non-browser applications or native mobile apps
- you need fine-grained version control and code review of test code

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: e2e-testing, testing, browser-extension, cli, gui
- domain: testing, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser, browser-extension, cross-platform, cli
- tags: record-and-playback, selenium, test-recording, webdriver, electron-app, side-runner, test-automation, automation, electron, desktop, nodejs

## Member repositories
- SeleniumHQ/selenium-ide (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.886161+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:26:44.475551+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: https://selenium.dev/selenium-ide/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:11.726513+00:00, sha 21ce69fa5de7)
  - site_page: https://www.selenium.dev/selenium-ide/docs/en/introduction/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:11.735377+00:00, sha 23e49346a33d)
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  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/selenium-ide (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:11.744266+00:00, sha dbd67a53ae64)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.