playwright

A high-level API to automate web browsers

playwright Permissive license Apache-2.0 Active ★ 14,911 v1.62.0 released 2026-07-31

Install

playwright on PyPI

pip

pip install playwright

uv

uv add playwright

poetry

poetry add playwright

Package facts

License	Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Python support	supports the current Python release (>=3.10)
Install friction	medium — platform-specific wheel
Runtime dependencies	2 — pyee, greenlet
Maintenance	actively maintained — 13 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-08-13
First released	2021-02-24
Popularity	one of the top 1,000 most-downloaded packages on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-13)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-13)

Evidence: playwright-1.62.0-py3-none-macosx_10_13_x86_64.whl; playwright-1.62.0-py3-none-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl; playwright-1.62.0-py3-none-macosx_11_0_universal2.whl; playwright-1.62.0-py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl; playwright-1.62.0-py3-none-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl; playwright-1.62.0-py3-none-win32.whl; playwright-1.62.0-py3-none-win_amd64.whl; playwright-1.62.0-py3-none-win_arm64.whl

Intended Audience :: DevelopersOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: BrowsersTopic :: Software Development :: Testing

About playwright

from the package's own PyPI description — quoted content, verbatim

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Playwright is a Python library to automate Chromium, Firefox and WebKit browsers with a single API. Playwright delivers automation that is ever-green, capable, reliable and fast. See how Playwright is better.

	Linux	macOS	Windows
Chromium <!-- GEN:chromium-version -->151.0.7922.34<!-- GEN:stop -->	✅	✅	✅
WebKit <!-- GEN:webkit-version -->26.5<!-- GEN:stop -->	✅	✅	✅
Firefox <!-- GEN:firefox-version -->153.0<!-- GEN:stop -->	✅	✅	✅