playwright

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Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.

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# Installation Guide

1. Get the code
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/playwright

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd playwright

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended
Prerequisites
  • Node.js Node.js must be installed to use npm.
npm install -g @playwright/cli@latest

Installs the package published on the npm registry globally β€” no need to clone the source.

βœ… After installing, open a new terminal and run the program's version command (e.g. --version) to confirm it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. CMake

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • CMake The tool used to generate build configuration.
  • C/C++ 컴파일러 Windows needs Visual Studio (Community edition, free), macOS needs Xcode Command Line Tools, Linux needs the gcc/g++ package.
⚠️ This is a large repository, so this method may point to an internal sub-package rather than the actual core product. Check the full README as well.
cd browser_patches/webkit/embedder/Playwright/mac

This project's files live in a subfolder, so move into it first.

mkdir build && cd build

Creates a folder to hold the build output and moves into it.

cmake ..

Analyzes the source code and generates build configuration files (must be run inside the build folder).

make

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

βœ… Check that an executable was created inside the build folder, then run it directly (e.g. ./build/app_name).

4. .NET

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • .NET SDK The SDK required for the dotnet command.
⚠️ This is a large repository, so this method may point to an internal sub-package rather than the actual core product. Check the full README as well.
cd browser_patches/winldd

This project's files live in a subfolder, so move into it first.

dotnet restore

Downloads the packages the project depends on.

dotnet run

Builds the project and runs it immediately.

βœ… After dotnet run, check the message or address shown in the terminal.

5. Gradle (Java/Kotlin)

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • JDK (Java) Required to build and run Java/Kotlin projects.
  • Gradle If the repo includes gradlew (Gradle Wrapper), you don't need to install Gradle separately.
⚠️ This is a large repository, so this method may point to an internal sub-package rather than the actual core product. Check the full README as well.
cd packages/playwright-core/src/server/android/driver/app

This project's files live in a subfolder, so move into it first.

./gradlew build

Builds the project using Gradle.

βœ… A BUILD SUCCESSFUL message means it worked. The output is created under build/.

6. Node.js

Easy
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Node.js Node.js must be installed to use npm. The LTS version is recommended.
npm init playwright@latest

Type this command into your terminal and run it.

npm i -D @playwright/test

Type this command into your terminal and run it.

npm install -g @playwright/cli@latest

Installs the package published on the npm registry globally β€” no need to clone the source.

npm i playwright

Type this command into your terminal and run it.

βœ… After running the command, open the address shown in the terminal (usually something like http://localhost:3000) in your browser.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

7. Make

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Make Usually pre-installed on Linux/macOS. On Windows, install separately (e.g. via MSYS2 or WSL).
⚠️ This is a large repository, so this method may point to an internal sub-package rather than the actual core product. Check the full README as well.
cd browser_patches/webkit/embedder/Playwright

This project's files live in a subfolder, so move into it first.

make

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

βœ… If it finishes without errors, it worked. Try running the generated executable directly.

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