# 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
- **Version:** 1.62.0
- **Source summary:** A high-level API to automate web browsers
- **Homepage:** <https://playwright.dev>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24T21:56:48.823Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- playwright (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.62.0

## Security Notes

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


## 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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph