selenium-wire
Extends Selenium to give you the ability to inspect requests made by the browser.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. The package is abandoned as of January 2024 with no active maintenance. While it has low install friction and permissive licensing, the lack of ongoing support means security vulnerabilities, compatibility issues with newer Python or Selenium versions, and bugs will not be fixed. For new projects, consider actively maintained alternatives; for existing projects, plan a migration path.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- OpenSSL must be installed on the system.
- A Selenium-compatible webdriver executable must be on your system PATH.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — Licensed under MIT (permissive), allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions.
last release 2022-10-15 (1399 days) · last repo commit 2024-01-03 · 1,969 stars · archived
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 1,102,342 downloads/mo, #4,367 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install selenium-wire
from seleniumwire import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://www.google.com')
for request in driver.requests:
if request.response:
print(request.url, request.response.status_code)- Whether the package continues to work reliably with current versions of Selenium 4.0.0+ and modern browser drivers despite abandonment.
- Compatibility status with Python 3.11+ given the latest release predates those versions.
- Whether OpenSSL system dependency is available and functional on all target platforms.
What it is and what it does
Selenium Wire extends Selenium to give you access to the underlying HTTP and HTTPS requests made by the browser. Instead of just automating browser actions like clicking and typing, you can also inspect what requests the browser sends, see the responses it receives, and intercept or modify them on the fly—all while writing code that looks and feels like normal Selenium.
The package depends on 15 runtime libraries including selenium, pyOpenSSL for HTTPS decryption, and various compression and protocol handlers (h2, wsproto, brotli, zstandard). It requires OpenSSL to be installed on the system for HTTPS traffic inspection. The last release was in October 2022, and the repository has since been archived, meaning no new features or bug fixes are being developed.
Use it for
- Inspect network traffic during browser automation to verify API calls and responses in integration tests.
- Intercept and modify request headers or parameters on the fly to test authentication or custom headers.
- Mock or block specific requests to test error handling or simulate unavailable backend services.
- Capture HAR archives of browser sessions for performance analysis or debugging.
- Verify that a web application makes expected requests to third-party services or analytics endpoints.
Worth the install?
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No.
The package is abandoned as of January 2024 with no active maintenance. While it has low install friction and permissive licensing, the lack of ongoing support means security vulnerabilities, compatibility issues with newer Python or Selenium versions, and bugs will not be fixed. For new projects, consider actively maintained alternatives; for existing projects, plan a migration path.
Install
selenium-wire on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. However, the repository is archived and the package has been abandoned since January 2024, with no maintenance or security updates expected going forward.
OpenSSL must be installed on the system. A Selenium-compatible webdriver executable must be on your system PATH.
License in practice
Licensed under MIT (permissive), allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install selenium-wire
from seleniumwire import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://www.google.com')
for request in driver.requests:
if request.response:
print(request.url, request.response.status_code)Verify before relying
- Whether the package continues to work reliably with current versions of Selenium 4.0.0+ and modern browser drivers despite abandonment.
- Compatibility status with Python 3.11+ given the latest release predates those versions.
- Whether OpenSSL system dependency is available and functional on all target platforms.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.6 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 15 packagesblinkerbrotlicertifikaitaistructpyasn1pyOpenSSLpyparsingpysocksseleniumwsprotozstandarddataclassesh2hyperframepydivert |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 1,399 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | repository archived |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 1,102,342 / month, #4,367 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseNatural Language :: EnglishOperating System :: MacOSOperating System :: Microsoft :: WindowsOperating System :: POSIXProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
Evidence: selenium_wire-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
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