Package

betterwright

A persistent, policy-guarded Playwright browser for AI agents with network controls, trusted credential filling, proof screenshots, and CAPTCHA helpers.

v2.8.8, 21 Sept 2026MITESM onlyTypes: BundledScraping and browser automation Testing

$ npm install betterwright

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 4.8k; - over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 3; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 3 days ago; v2.8.8
GitHub stars: 319; 21 forks
Open issues / PRs: 1 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 367

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

4,799 downloads last week, 14,394 in the last month. No 52-week series has been fetched yet.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 2.8.8, 21 Sept 20263 days ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 24 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 1
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 367
Dependents on npm: 1

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 2.6 MB
Dependencies (3): tldtsplaywright-core@ghostery/adblocker-playwright
Peer dependencies (3): electron@anthropic-ai/sdk@modelcontextprotocol/sdk

Install

npm install betterwright

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/betterwright@2.8.8/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/betterwright@2.8.8/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/betterwright@2.8.8

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

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): downloads_week 4799 < 10000.