playwright

Browser Automation

microsoft/playwright

98.7K6.7KTypeScriptApache-2.0

Control Chrome, Firefox and Safari with one set of code to automate web testing and repetitive browser tasks.

🏷️ Testing Tools⚙️ Automation Workflows🏷️ Frontend Dev🕷️ Web Scraping

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Tool Info

Type🐙 Open Source

Stars98.7K

Forks6.7K

LanguageTypeScript

LicenseApache-2.0

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Install and configure playwright on my machine.
Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright

Requirements:
1. Read the repo's README and install docs first — confirm system requirements, dependencies, and the officially supported install path. Don't guess commands.
2. Choose steps for my OS (macOS / Linux / Windows). If unsure, ask me first — no destructive operations.
3. After installing, run a minimal working example and paste the real output, so we know it actually runs.
4. Ask before you need an API key, admin rights, or a large download / significant disk usage.
5. Finally tell me in a few lines: how to start it, how to uninstall it, and where the config lives.

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