Playwright MCP

license

Apache-2.0(OSI)

source

public(Microsoft repo)

core features withheld

no

Fully OSI-licensed Microsoft repo, no open-core split. The LICENSE resolves to the full Apache-2.0 text, and the whole server is in the tree and installed as a single npm package with no key, no enterprise directory and no hosted tier sold beside it.

• https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@playwright/mcp@latest/LICENSE recorded 2026-09-29

  The LICENSE shipped in the npm package is the full text of the "Apache License" header and "Version 2.0, January 2004", matching the recorded digest of the repo LICENSE.

• https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@playwright/mcp@latest/README.md recorded 2026-09-29

  The package README installs the server with "npx @playwright/mcp@latest --config path/to/config.json" and describes it as "This package provides MCP interface into Playwright." Searched the body for license key, api key, enterprise, paid, pricing, subscription and hosted: none.

• https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp recorded 2026-08-13

  Repo page - Apache-2.0 license badge, full server source, npm install instructions for the MCP clients. No paid tier, license key or enterprise directory.

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/main/LICENSE recorded 2026-08-13

  The full Apache License, Version 2.0 text.

• https://registry.npmjs.org/@playwright/mcp/latest recorded 2026-09-29

  The npm registry record for @playwright/mcp declares "license":"Apache-2.0", author "Microsoft Corporation" and repository "git+https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp.git", with dependencies only on the playwright packages.

Playwright MCP is the browser-automation server shipped or recommended by major MCP clients such as VS Code, Cursor and Claude Code, and its download count is measured directly from the npm registry. The package measured is `@playwright/mcp`, the one the README installs; `@anthropic-ai/mcp-playwright`, sometimes cited elsewhere, returns nothing on the registry.

• https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-month/@playwright/mcp recorded 2026-08-14

  25,901,643 downloads for the window 2026-07-11 to 2026-08-09.

• https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp recorded 2026-08-13

  36,089 stargazers; integration instructions across VS Code, Cursor, Claude Code and other MCP clients; the package installed is @playwright/mcp.

Playwright MCP offers a curated tool surface over one browser, with the caller supplying whatever credentials are needed: `--storage-state` points to a file the caller already produced, and the server does not authenticate anything itself. That is the reference feature set the other browser- and filesystem-style local servers in this category are measured against.

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/main/README.md recorded 2026-09-17

  The README's options table: "--storage-state <path> | path to the storage state file for isolated sessions" and "--isolated | keep the browser profile in memory, do not save it to disk". The tool list covers snapshots, clicks, typing, forms, tabs, uploads, network and console.