@playwright/test vs cypress
Testing · npm download comparison · data as of 17 October 2026
@playwright/test is downloaded about 13× as often as cypress — 76,227,910 versus 5,949,802 downloads in the last 7 days.
Over the last 90 days, @playwright/test downloads changed +56.3% and cypress -2.5% compared with the 90 days before, so @playwright/test is growing faster.
● @playwright/test● cypressweekly downloads, last 12 months
Log scale — each grid line is 10× the one below, so both packages stay readable.
| @playwright/test | cypress | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 76,227,910 | 5,949,802 |
| Monthly downloads | 311,529,096 | 28,064,022 |
| Downloads, last 12 months | 1,718,498,835 | 346,362,812 |
| 90-day growth | +56.3% | -2.5% |
| Latest version | 1.64.1 | 16.2.0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Direct dependencies | 1 | 39 |
| Description | A high-level API to automate web browsers | Cypress is a next generation front end testing tool built for the modern web |
Download counts come from the public npm registry API and include CI and mirror traffic, so treat them as a popularity signal, not a user count.