Developer tools

Playwright

Verifying that what shipped is what was asked for, in a real browser.

Replaces

Cypress Cloud (Team)$67/mo

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Install

npm init playwright@latest

source: Microsoft
licence: Apache-2.0
verified: 2026-08-22
link: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright

Microsoft's browser automation framework. At R21 it does two jobs: end-to-end verification of client sites before they ship, and the browser hands and feet under agents that need to click through a live page.

Verified against the GitHub API on 2026-08-22: Apache-2.0, 94,973 stars.