Comparison
@appium/types vs selenium-webdriver
Scraping and browser automationPackage data 25 Sept 2026
@appium/typesv1.7.1, 24 Sept 2026
Various type declarations used across Appium
$ npm install @appium/typesselenium-webdriverv4.49.0, 9 Sept 2026
The official WebDriver JavaScript bindings from the Selenium project
$ npm install selenium-webdriver| Metric | @appium/types | selenium-webdriver | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 2,557,285 | 2,034,289 | @appium/types +26% |
| 12-month download growth | +230% | +19% | @appium/types +212 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 2 | 4 | selenium-webdriver 2 more |
| Unpacked size | 317 kB | 21.8 MB | @appium/types 70.5x smaller |
| Latest release | 1.7.1, 24 Sept 2026 | 4.49.0, 9 Sept 2026 | @appium/types 15 days more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 13 | 14 | selenium-webdriver 1 more |
| First published | 7 Apr 2022 | 14 Feb 2013 | selenium-webdriver 9.1 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 22,006 | 34,514 | selenium-webdriver 1.6x higher |
| Open issues | 37 | 102 | selenium-webdriver 65 more |
| Open pull requests | 9 | 88 | selenium-webdriver 79 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 969 | 1,554 | selenium-webdriver 1.6x higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | None | Differs |
| Module format | CommonJS | CommonJS | Same |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Same |
Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.
@appium/types2.6m latest weekselenium-webdriver2m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
@appium/types
Major versions
- 0.1.07 Apr 2022
- 1.0.018 Aug 2025
Last 5 releases
- 1.7.124 Sept 2026
- 1.7.024 Aug 2026
- 1.6.025 Jul 2026
- 1.5.118 Jun 2026
- 1.5.031 May 2026
77 releases in total, 13 in the last 12 months
selenium-webdriver
Major versions
- 2.29.014 Feb 2013
- 3.0.03 Nov 2016
- 4.0.013 Oct 2021
Last 5 releases
- 4.49.09 Sept 2026
- 4.48.027 Aug 2026
- 4.47.010 Aug 2026
- 4.46.011 Jul 2026
- 4.45.016 Jun 2026
108 releases in total, 14 in the last 12 months
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- Module formatBoth CommonJS
- Need TypeScript types in the package itself@appium/types (@appium/types: Bundled; selenium-webdriver: None)
- Node.js version requirement@appium/types: ^20.19.0 || ^22.12.0 || >=24.0.0; selenium-webdriver: >= 22.0.0 (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent release@appium/types (1.7.1 on 24 Sept 2026 vs 4.49.0 on 9 Sept 2026)
- Higher weekly npm downloads@appium/types (2.6m vs 2m)
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- @appium/types vs wdNo search data
- selenium-webdriver vs wdNo search data
@appium/types: @appium/types npm registry, @appium/types npm downloads, @appium/types GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
selenium-webdriver: selenium-webdriver npm registry, selenium-webdriver npm downloads, selenium-webdriver GitHub, selenium-webdriver jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.