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The Playwright MCP Server lets the AI control a real browser: open pages, click buttons, fill forms, take screenshots, and extract content. You describe the task in natural language and it drives the browser to do it.

For example, "open this page, log in, and export the order list" — the AI works through it step by step via Playwright. This is Microsoft's official server.

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✅ No clear abandonment signal detected; complete security and compatibility checks before production use

What it does for you

Lets your AI actually drive a real browser — click, fill forms, screenshot, and scrape JS-rendered pages, including sites behind login.

Capabilities

  • Open pages, click / type / submit
  • Screenshot and read rendered page content
  • Handle JS-rendered dynamic sites
  • Multi-step browser automation

Once installed, try asking your AI

Say this directly in Claude / Cursor or any client with this server connected

  • ›“Open this product page and tell me the price and stock status”
  • ›“Fill out the signup form on this site and screenshot the confirmation”

Why use it

Good for: developers and QA doing end-to-end testing, web automation, or data scraping.

Maintained by Microsoft with a very high TrustScore; full health data is shown below.

Works with these clients

  • Claude Desktopnpx
  • Claude Codenpx
  • Cursornpx
  • VS Codenpx
  • Windsurfnpx

Derived from the registry manifest (package type and transport) — we have not installed it ourselves. Check the official README before relying on it.

Install / Connect

claude mcp add mcp -- npx -y @playwright/mcp

Follow the official README; env and args vary per server.

🛠️ Maintenance weight 30% · 70 pts

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Last committoday
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Commits in 90 days22
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Recent issues with replies45%
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Repo statusNormal

📊 Adoption weight 25% · 92 pts

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GitHub stars36.3k (90d +0%)
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npm weekly downloads4588.7k（+0%）
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Releases per month28.8

✅ Usability weight 20% · 55 pts

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Official registryNot listed
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Runnable entryResolvable (npx/remote)
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AuditabilityOpen-source repo, auditable

❤️ Health & community weight 25% · 91 pts

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open issues3
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open PRs—
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LicenseApache-2.0
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Contributors / forks30 / 3k

Sources: GitHub API · npm registry · updated 2026-08-19

90-day trend

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does it run a real browser or headless?

Both are supported and configurable. Headless is common for automation; run headed when you want to watch what's happening while debugging.

Can it get past login walls?

It operates a browser like a human, so it can go through normal login flows — but respect the target site's terms and don't use it for abusive scraping.

Similar / alternative servers

How to choose among these

Browser servers differ mainly on local vs. cloud, and whether you need to handle login / dynamic pages.

  • Operate login-gated, JS-rendered sitesPick Playwright MCP — a real browser with the fullest interaction
  • Bulk-scrape static sites to Markdown / feed a knowledge basePick Firecrawl — easiest for whole-site crawl and extraction
  • Want scaled, cloud-hosted browsersPick Browserbase / Hyperbrowser — cloud sessions

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