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selenium-webdriver vs wd

Scraping and browser automationPackage data 25 Sept 2026
selenium-webdriverv4.49.0, 9 Sept 2026

The official WebDriver JavaScript bindings from the Selenium project

$ npm install selenium-webdriver
wdv1.14.0, 29 Jan 2021

WebDriver/Selenium 2 node.js client

$ npm install wd
Metricselenium-webdriverwdDifference
Weekly downloads2,034,289118,977selenium-webdriver 17.1x higher
12-month download growth+19%-22%selenium-webdriver +40 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies47wd 3 more
Unpacked size21.8 MB771 kBwd 29.0x smaller
Latest release4.49.0, 9 Sept 20261.14.0, 29 Jan 2021selenium-webdriver 5.6 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months14--
First published14 Feb 2013--
GitHub stars34,5141,521selenium-webdriver 22.7x higher
Open issues10271selenium-webdriver 31 more
Open pull requests881selenium-webdriver 87 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks1,5540selenium-webdriver higher
TypeScript typesNoneNoneSame
Module formatCommonJSCommonJSSame
Runtimes---
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0Same

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.

selenium-webdriver2m latest weekwd119k 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.

selenium-webdriver

Major versions
  1. 2.29.014 Feb 2013
  2. 3.0.03 Nov 2016
  3. 4.0.013 Oct 2021
Last 5 releases
  1. 4.49.09 Sept 2026
  2. 4.48.027 Aug 2026
  3. 4.47.010 Aug 2026
  4. 4.46.011 Jul 2026
  5. 4.45.016 Jun 2026
108 releases in total, 14 in the last 12 months

wd

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
Release count not fetched
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  • Module formatBoth CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfNeither (selenium-webdriver: None; wd: None)
  • Node.js version requirementselenium-webdriver: >= 22.0.0; wd: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releaseselenium-webdriver (4.49.0 on 9 Sept 2026 vs 1.14.0 on 29 Jan 2021)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsselenium-webdriver (2m vs 119k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

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

Indexability: Indexed.