playwright-cli ☆

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Description:
CLI for Playwright: record/generate code, inspect selectors, take screenshots

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Feb 8, 2026

Links: Homepage | @PlaywrightWeb | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: testing automation browser cli web-development

Install: brew install playwright-cli

About:
The Playwright CLI is a command-line interface for the Playwright browser automation framework. It provides tools to record user interactions and generate test code, inspect page elements for selectors, and capture screenshots or PDFs. Its primary value is enabling rapid test creation and web page inspection directly from the terminal.

Key Features:

Record user interactions and generate test code in multiple languages
Inspect page elements to find reliable selectors for automation
Capture screenshots and PDFs of web pages
Run tests and generate reports from the command line
Install browser binaries for different channels

Use Cases:

Rapid test script generation by recording browser sessions
Debugging and selector discovery for web automation projects
Automating visual snapshots and PDF generation for documentation

Alternatives:

puppeteer – Headless Chrome Node.js library, lacks built-in CLI for code generation and multi-browser support.
cypress – E2E testing framework with a GUI recorder, focused on testing rather than general browser automation CLI.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Feb 8, 2026 10:32am		0	META	c4d6fc74