# Install playwright-mcp with Homebrew, Nix

MCP server for Playwright. Version 0.0.78 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#playwright-mcp.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:playwright-mcp
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install playwright-mcp
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#playwright-mcp
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pl/playwright-mcp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:playwright-mcp
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/playwright-mcp>
- **Version:** 0.0.78
- **Source summary:** MCP server for Playwright
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/@playwright/mcp/-/mcp-0.0.78.tgz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-10T21:12:57Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- playwright-mcp (cli)
- playwright-mcp (alias)

## Dependencies

- node

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.0.78
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-10
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for playwright-mcp. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** playwright-mcp
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - playwright-mcp: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pl/playwright-mcp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [MCP tool packages](https://pkg.so/mcp-tools/) - Mentions MCP or Model Context Protocol.
- [AI and agent packages](https://pkg.so/ai-agent-tools/) - Matched AI model, agent, coding-agent, orchestration, or MCP metadata.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [node](https://pkg.so/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [github-mcp-server](https://pkg.so/brew/github-mcp-server/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, ai-tools, cli, mcp.
- [chrome-devtools-mcp](https://pkg.so/brew/chrome-devtools-mcp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, browser-automation, cli, mcp.
- [mcp-inspector](https://pkg.so/brew/mcp-inspector/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, mcp, testing.
- [mcpm](https://pkg.so/brew/mcpm/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, ai-tools, cli, mcp.
- [mcp-atlassian](https://pkg.so/brew/mcp-atlassian/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, ai-tools, cli, mcp.
- [supabase-mcp-server](https://pkg.so/brew/supabase-mcp-server/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, ai-tools, cli, mcp.
- [gitea-mcp-server](https://pkg.so/brew/gitea-mcp-server/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, ai-tools, cli, mcp.
- [mcphost](https://pkg.so/brew/mcphost/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, ai-tools, cli, mcp.
- [airtable-mcp-server](https://pkg.so/brew/airtable-mcp-server/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: ai, cli, mcp, node, server.
- [hf-mcp-server](https://pkg.so/brew/hf-mcp-server/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: ai, cli, mcp, node, server.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/playwright-mcp.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/playwright-mcp.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph