# microsoft/playwright

> A framework for web automation and testing that drives Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit through a single API. Suited for end-to-end tests, automation scripts, and AI agents controlling browsers.

- Magnitude: 2.8 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 97,769 total · +6 stars measured 2026-10-15, 11:22–13:01 UTC, ≈ 22 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Developer tools · Language: TypeScript · License: Apache-2.0 · Created: 2019-11-15 · Last push: 2026-10-15
- GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright · Homepage: https://playwright.dev · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/microsoft/playwright

## Useful for

- Write end-to-end tests running in parallel across three browsers
- Connect Playwright MCP to an AI agent for web page navigation
- Capture screenshots or generate PDFs of pages via the playwright library

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-15 (UTC), 11:22–13:01: 97763 → 97769 stars (+6). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +22 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- GitHub Trending TypeScript today: #17, +84 stars.
- About 7 forks a day — people are taking the code.
- Recent forks include notable developers: @Dev-next-gen (909 followers).

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 6,612
- Issues and pull requests: 39,768
- Watchers: 612
- Average over the last week: 68 per day
- Usual pace: 53 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 4
- Latest release: v1.64.1 (2026-10-14)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-09-16 … 2026-10-15: 53, 53, 46, 52, 54, 56, 60, 60, 49, 46, 42, 69, 62, 60, 35, 52, 54, 43, 42, 59, 53, 65, 79, 80, 57, 69, 78, 97, 69, 6

## Spotted in now

- GitHub Trending TypeScript today: #17, +84 stars

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Days are UTC. “So far today” is a fact; “expected by the end of the day” is a forecast.
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Data as of 2026-10-15 13:16 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.