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codeceptjs vs playwright-bdd

TestingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
codeceptjsv4.2.0, 22 Sept 2026

Supercharged End 2 End Testing Framework for NodeJS

$ npm install codeceptjs
playwright-bddv9.2.1, 6 Sept 2026

BDD Testing with Playwright runner

$ npm install playwright-bdd
Metriccodeceptjsplaywright-bddDifference
Weekly downloads415,377409,930codeceptjs +1%
12-month download growth+171%+268%playwright-bdd +97 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies4613codeceptjs 33 more
Unpacked size3.3 MB1.1 MBplaywright-bdd 2.9x smaller
Latest release4.2.0, 22 Sept 20269.2.1, 6 Sept 2026codeceptjs 16 days more recent
Releases, last 12 months167codeceptjs 9 more
First published22 Nov 201530 Mar 2023codeceptjs 7.4 years earlier
GitHub stars4,241791codeceptjs 5.4x higher
Open issues17429codeceptjs 145 more
Open pull requests235codeceptjs 18 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks344340codeceptjs +1%
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSCommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

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.

codeceptjs415.4k latest weekplaywright-bdd409.9k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

codeceptjs

Major versions
  1. 0.1.022 Nov 2015
  2. 1.0.024 Jul 2017
  3. 2.0.026 Dec 2018
  4. 3.0.030 Sept 2020
  5. 4.0.021 May 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 4.2.022 Sept 2026
  2. 4.1.030 Jul 2026
  3. 4.0.97 Jul 2026
  4. 4.0.817 Jun 2026
  5. 4.0.713 Jun 2026
187 releases in total, 16 in the last 12 months

playwright-bdd

Major versions
  1. 1.0.130 Mar 2023
  2. 2.0.015 Apr 2023
  3. 3.0.112 Jun 2023
  4. 4.0.024 Jul 2023
  5. 5.0.031 Jul 2023
  6. 6.0.010 Mar 2024
  7. 7.0.022 Jul 2024
  8. 8.0.016 Dec 2024
  9. 9.0.02 Jun 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 9.2.16 Sept 2026
  2. 9.2.018 Jun 2026
  3. 9.1.013 Jun 2026
  4. 9.0.02 Jun 2026
  5. 8.5.112 May 2026
74 releases in total, 7 in the last 12 months
codeceptjs

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playwright-bdd

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codeceptjs

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playwright-bdd

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  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointscodeceptjs (codeceptjs: ESM + CommonJS; playwright-bdd: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()Both
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementcodeceptjs: >=22.12.0; playwright-bdd: >=20 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasecodeceptjs (4.2.0 on 22 Sept 2026 vs 9.2.1 on 6 Sept 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadscodeceptjs (415.4k vs 409.9k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

codeceptjs: codeceptjs npm registry, codeceptjs npm downloads, codeceptjs GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.