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Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.

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Automate web testing and tasks across different browsers with a single tool.

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Install
npm init playwright@latest

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Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.

playwright has 95.4k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 6.4k times. playwright is written mainly in TypeScript. It has been in active development since 2019. playwright is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Its main topics are automation, chrome, chromium, e2e-testing.

Frequently asked questions

What is playwright?

Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.

Is playwright open source?

playwright is an open-source project. It is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

Is playwright free?

Yes. playwright is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.

What license does playwright use?

playwright is available under the Apache-2.0 license.

What language is playwright written in?

playwright is written mainly in TypeScript.

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