# Install playwright with npm

A high-level API to automate web browsers. Version 1.62.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-24. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#playwright.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

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

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:playwright
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/playwright>
- **Version:** 1.62.0
- **Source summary:** A high-level API to automate web browsers
- **Homepage:** <https://playwright.dev>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/microsoft/playwright>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://playwright.dev>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-24T21:56:48.823Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24T21:56:48.823Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- playwright (cli)
- playwright (alias)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.62.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-24
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for 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: 1.62.1-beta-1785366875000, Latest: 1.62.0, Next: 1.63.0-alpha-2026-08-03, Rc: 1.18.0-rc1
- **Version Count:** 5,628
- **Maintainers:** pavelfeldman, yurys, dgozman-ms, playwright-bot
- **Author:** Microsoft Corporation
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-01-23T20:49:28.632Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-24T21:56:48.823Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-24T21:56:48.823Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - playwright: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: playwright from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix


## Related links

- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [playwright-firefox](https://pkg.so/npm/playwright-firefox/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: api, automate, automation, browser, browser-automation.
- [playwright-webkit](https://pkg.so/npm/playwright-webkit/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: api, automate, automation, browser, browser-automation.
- [playwright-chromium](https://pkg.so/npm/playwright-chromium/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: api, automate, cli, developer, developer-tools.

## Sources

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