# Install playwright-core with npm

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

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g playwright-core
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:playwright-core
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/playwright-core>
- **Version:** 1.61.0
- **Source summary:** A high-level API to automate web browsers
- **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-core/-/playwright-core-1.61.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-15T10:06:29.638Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:06:29.638Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- playwright-core (cli)
- playwright-core (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- 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-core. 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:** 5,546
- **Maintainers:** pavelfeldman, yurys, dgozman-ms, playwright-bot
- **Author:** Microsoft Corporation
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=18
- **Integrity:** sha512-caX7TrY3Ml6egyDX0WUcTHDxodl/b51y5wJOdCEA36QviK/s2g081hvmGs8eaE3DWb6NYZQ6BjO/QkNRPenoPA==
- **Shasum:** caf8078b2a39cd7738dc75ec11cb3b47f385c3f0
- **Unpacked Size:** 12,701,113
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2020-01-17T16:44:00.542Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-15T10:06:29.638Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-16T10:18:37.184Z


## Related links

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [playwright](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/playwright/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: api, automate, browsers, core, high.
- [playwright-chromium](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/playwright-chromium/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: api, automate, core, high, high-level.
- [playwright-firefox](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/playwright-firefox/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: api, automate, core, high, high-level.

## Sources

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