# Install vscode-extension-tester with npm

ExTester is a package that is designed to help you run UI tests for your Visual Studio Code extensions using selenium-webdriver. Version 8.23.0 via npm; verified 2026-03-12. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#extest.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:vscode-extension-tester
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g vscode-extension-tester
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:vscode-extension-tester
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/vscode-extension-tester>
- **Version:** 8.23.0
- **Source summary:** ExTester is a package that is designed to help you run UI tests for your Visual Studio Code extensions using selenium-webdriver.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-extension-tester#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-extension-tester>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-extension-tester#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-extension-tester/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-03-12T14:29:07.930Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-12T14:29:07.930Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- extest (cli)
- extest (alias)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 8.23.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-12
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-extension-tester
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 8.23.0
- **Version Count:** 129
- **Maintainers:** mohitsuman, dgolovin, jrichter1, jeffmaury, sudhirverma, adietish, robstryker, rhdevelopers-ci, odockal, yvydolob, fbricon
- **Author:** Red Hat
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2019-03-07T10:15:51.380Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-03-12T14:29:07.930Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-03-12T14:29:07.930Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - extest: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/extest/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - extest - 1.0.3-1.1: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: extest from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | X11 XTEST reimplementation primarily for Steam Controller on Wayland | https://github.com/Supreeeme/extest
- zypper - extest-32bit - 1.0.3-1.1: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: extest-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | X11 XTEST reimplementation primarily for Steam Controller on Wayland | https://github.com/Supreeeme/extest


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