Head to head
| Metric | Selenium | Playwright | Cypress | Puppeteer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 34.6k | 99.6k | 51k | 95.8k |
| Weekly downloads | 6.6M | 124M | 7.4M | 15.2M |
| Download growth | +9% | +74% | -15% | +9% |
| Popularity score | 83/100 | 96/100 | 85/100 | 89/100 |
| Forks | 8.7k | 6.8k | 3.6k | 9.6k |
| Open issues | 191 | 43 | 1.2k | 215 |
| Last commit | 4d ago | 3d ago | 3d ago | 2d ago |
| Latest version | 4.52.0Oct 29, 2026 | 1.65.0 | 16.3.0 | 25.17.0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| First released | 2013 | 2019 | 2015 | 2017 |
| Signals | Popular | Trending (detected automatically)Popular | None | Popular |
| Listed in | Testing & QA › End-to-End & Browser Automation | Frontend › Frontend TestingTesting & QA › End-to-End & Browser Automation | Frontend › Frontend TestingTesting & QA › End-to-End & Browser Automation | Testing & QA › End-to-End & Browser Automation |
Weekly downloads over time
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- Playwright
- Cypress
- Puppeteer