Microsoft Playwright

aid: microsoft-playwright
name: Microsoft Playwright
x-parent: microsoft
description: Playwright is an open-source browser automation framework by Microsoft for reliable end-to-end testing of web
  applications. It supports Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with a single API across multiple programming languages.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license_evidence:
    not_product:
    - microsoft/playwright
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: low
  source:
  - pricing
  - repository-not-product
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-playwright.png
tags:
- Browser Automation
- End-to-End Testing
- Microsoft
- Testing
tags_raw:
- Browser Automation
- End-To-End Testing
- Microsoft
- Testing
url: https://playwright.dev/
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: microsoft-playwright:playwright-api
  name: Playwright API
  tags:
  - Browser Automation
  - End-to-End Testing
  - Testing
  tags_raw:
  - Browser Automation
  - End-To-End Testing
  - Testing
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-playwright
  properties:
  - url: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-playwright
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro
    type: GettingStarted
  description: Playwright provides a cross-browser automation API for end-to-end testing of web applications. It supports
    Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with a single API, enabling reliable testing with auto-wait, network interception, mobile
    emulation, and parallel execution across Node.js, Python, Java, and .NET.
- aid: microsoft-playwright:testing-service-api
  name: Azure Playwright Testing Service API
  tags:
  - Azure
  - Cloud Testing
  - Testing
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/playwright-testing/
  baseURL: https://eastus.api.playwright.microsoft.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/playwright-testing/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/playwright-testing/quickstart-run-end-to-end-tests
    type: GettingStarted
  description: Azure Playwright Testing is a managed cloud service for running Playwright tests at scale. It provides browser
    infrastructure for parallel test execution, reducing test suite run times and enabling CI/CD integration with Azure DevOps
    and GitHub Actions.
- aid: playwright:playwright
  name: Playwright
  description: Open-source framework for reliable end-to-end browser testing and web automation supporting Chromium, Firefox,
    and WebKit. Distributed as a library/CLI; there is no public hosted HTTP API.
  humanURL: https://playwright.dev/
  tags:
  - Browser Testing
  - Test Automation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro
  - type: Reference
    url: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-playwright
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright
common:
- type: Community
  url: https://aka.ms/playwright/discord
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/releases
- type: Issues
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-playwright-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/playwrightweb
- type: Portal
  url: https://playwright.dev/
- type: Website
  url: https://playwright.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Support
  url: https://playwright.dev/docs/support
- name: MCP Server
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp
  type: MCPServer
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com