# Install playwright-chromium with npm

A high-level API to automate Chromium. Version 1.61.0 via npm; verified 2026-06-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:playwright-chromium
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g playwright-chromium
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:playwright-chromium
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/playwright-chromium>
- **Version:** 1.61.0
- **Source summary:** A high-level API to automate Chromium
- **Homepage:** <https://playwright.dev>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/microsoft/playwright>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://playwright.dev>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-chromium/-/playwright-chromium-1.61.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-15T10:06:52.488Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:06:52.488Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- playwright (cli)

## Dependencies

- playwright-core

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.61.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 1.61.0-beta-1781605009000, Latest: 1.61.0, Next: 1.62.0-alpha-2026-06-16, Rc: 1.18.0-rc1
- **Version Count:** 5,536
- **Maintainers:** pavelfeldman, yurys, dgozman-ms, playwright-bot
- **Author:** Microsoft Corporation
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=18
- **Integrity:** sha512-7gZbsqqLT4WSeK/DUrsAFFvPdzP3Bh3kn9sK+YLZ9Q2e6CB+vd0TeqHvmkPQKK2IyXhPNGx5DV0YbEP6sTFBHA==
- **Shasum:** 6c9481b9b6daad9b13d80eb46e02e6391e6d3407
- **Unpacked Size:** 16,595
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2019-11-20T22:44:55.600Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-15T10:06:52.488Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-16T10:18:59.584Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - playwright: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: playwright from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix


## Related links

- [npm command packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm-cli-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [playwright](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/playwright/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: api, automate, core, high, high-level.
- [playwright-firefox](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/playwright-firefox/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: api, automate, core, high, high-level.
- [playwright-webkit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/playwright-webkit/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: api, automate, core, high, high-level.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph