Best end-to-end testing frameworks (2026)

The realistic shortlist for browser and end-to-end testing: Playwright and Cypress lead, with Selenium and WebdriverIO still holding cross-language and grid use-cases. Verdicts reflect dependency health and release cadence at last analysis.

1. 1
   microsoft/playwright

   not yet analysed — analyse now
2. 2
   cypress-io/cypress

   not yet analysed — analyse now
3. 3
   puppeteer/puppeteer

   not yet analysed — analyse now
4. 4
   seleniumhq/selenium

   Healthy signals · 34,146★ · scorecard 4.4
5. 5
   webdriverio/webdriverio

   not yet analysed — analyse now
6. 6
   nightwatchjs/nightwatch

   not yet analysed — analyse now

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