Playwright
Modern browser automation from Microsoft. Auto-wait, role-based selectors, cross-browser, fast in CI.
Playwright is the browser automation library that replaced Cypress as the default choice for new projects in 2026. Microsoft ships it with first-class support for Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit; auto-waiting that eliminates most of the flake that made Selenium and Cypress painful; role-based selectors that survive refactors and document accessibility; and a TypeScript API that is actually pleasant to use. The test runner is faster than Cypress in CI by a meaningful margin. For any new project that needs end-to-end browser tests, this is the pick. It also powers much of the new AI browser agent tooling, including Firecrawl and Browserbase.
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