Playwright

Spec sheet

Purpose

Playwright enables web automation for testing, scripting, and AI agents.Read 2 Oct 2026 · playwright.dev

Integrations

The MCP server is described as compatible with VS Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf, and any MCP client.Read 2 Oct 2026 · playwright.dev

License

The Playwright core package metadata lists the Apache-2.0 license.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

AI agent tools

Playwright provides a CLI for coding agents and an MCP server for browser control through structured accessibility snapshots.Read 2 Oct 2026 · playwright.dev

Browser support

One API drives Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit.Read 2 Oct 2026 · playwright.dev

CI

The documentation provides sample configurations for common CI providers and recommends one worker in CI for stability and reproducibility.Read 2 Oct 2026 · playwright.dev

Isolation

Each test gets a fresh browser context, equivalent to a new browser profile.Read 2 Oct 2026 · playwright.dev

Languages

Playwright is available for TypeScript, Python, .NET, and Java.Read 2 Oct 2026 · playwright.dev

Mobile testing

Playwright supports native mobile emulation for Chrome on Android and Mobile Safari.Read 2 Oct 2026 · playwright.dev

Operating systems

Playwright supports Linux, macOS, and Windows, locally or in CI, in headless or headed mode.Read 2 Oct 2026 · playwright.dev

Security reporting

Microsoft asks researchers to report vulnerabilities through the Microsoft Security Response Center rather than public GitHub issues.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security response

The security policy says reporters should receive a response within 24 hours.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support and community

The site links to Stack Overflow, Discord, training, and learning resources.Read 2 Oct 2026 · playwright.dev

Test runner

Playwright Test includes auto-waiting, assertions, tracing, and parallelism across browsers.Read 2 Oct 2026 · playwright.dev

Test tools

The site lists a test generator, Trace Viewer, and VS Code extension for running, debugging, and generating tests.Read 2 Oct 2026 · playwright.dev

Plans and prices

Every Playwright plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Testing Automation Software#11 of 268.0
• Software Testing Tools#14 of 338.0
• Testing And Qa#14 of 338.0
• Browser Automation Tools#33 of 637.9
• Automated Testing#19 of 348.0
• GUI Testing Software#19 of 347.9
• Regression Testing Software#17 of 298.0
• Functional Testing Software#24 of 387.9
• End-to-End Testing Software#19 of 297.9
• Developer Tools#25 of 337.9