# Install create-playwright with npm

Getting started with writing end-to-end tests with Playwright. Version 1.17.139 via npm; verified 2025-10-08.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:create-playwright
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g create-playwright
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:create-playwright
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-playwright>
- **Version:** 1.17.139
- **Source summary:** Getting started with writing end-to-end tests with Playwright.
- **Homepage:** <https://playwright.dev>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/microsoft/create-playwright>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://playwright.dev>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/create-playwright/-/create-playwright-1.17.139.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/microsoft/create-playwright/issues>
- **Published:** 2025-10-08T07:38:09.036Z
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-08T07:38:09.036Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- create-playwright (cli)
- create-playwright (alias)

## Build dependencies

- @playwright/test
- @types/ini
- @types/node
- ansi-colors
- commander
- enquirer
- esbuild
- ini
- typescript

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: prepublish
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.17.139
- Package-manager updated: 2025-10-08
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/microsoft/create-playwright
- notice: The package-manager record has not changed recently.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 1.17.0-beta-1638396143000, Latest: 1.17.139, Next: 1.17.137-alpha-1758880593000, Rc: 1.17.0-rc1
- **Version Count:** 137
- **Maintainers:** pavelfeldman, yurys, dgozman-ms, playwright-bot
- **Author:** Microsoft Corporation
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=18
- **Integrity:** sha512-be59wywAD7GxnTqCCc2T0Ujps9t4MYpVWxbP9hT2tOBRrRKBwMcU1HhLzhT70FiaLPqxuImqQQFp5s5yO9Qp3A==
- **Shasum:** f82870f16bf26d3385e8402e924edb677db24ed1
- **Unpacked Size:** 317,003
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2020-03-01T16:23:22.473Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2025-10-08T07:38:09.036Z
- **Modified At:** 2025-10-15T23:20:15.632Z


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