Scraping and browser automation

12-month change compares the average of the last 4 weeks of downloads with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series. Gzip size is for the whole package, as measured by Bundlephobia. "-" means the value has not been fetched.

• @appium/execute-driver-pluginPlugin for batching and executing Appium driver commands
• metascraper-authorMetascraper rule to extract the author from HTML using Open Graph, JSON-LD, and fallback selectors.
• desired-capabilitiesutilities for parsing shorthand Selenium capabilities objects
• @redhat-developer/page-objectsPage Object API implementation for a VS Code editor used by ExTester framework.
• unfurl.jsScraper for oEmbed, Twitter Cards and Open Graph metadata - fast and Promise-based
• app-store-scraperscrape data from the itunes app store
• penthouseGenerate critical path CSS for web pages
• @wreq-js/binding-win32-x64-msvcNode.js/TypeScript HTTP client with browser TLS fingerprint impersonation (JA3/JA4). Bypass Cloudflare and anti-bot detection. Rust-powered, fetch()-compatible.
• happoCatch unexpected visual and accessibility changes and UI bugs
• @roxi/ssrJSDOM SSR renderer for Svelte
• @guidepup/playwrightScreen reader automation library for Playwright testing.
• playwright-smart-reporterAn intelligent Playwright HTML reporter with AI-powered failure analysis, flakiness detection, and performance regression alerts
• notion-md-crawlerA library to recursively retrieve and serialize Notion pages with customization for machine learning applications.
• playwright-testRun mocha, zora, uvu, tape and benchmark.js scripts inside real browsers with playwright.
• firecrawl-cliCommand-line interface for Firecrawl. Scrape, crawl, and extract data from any website, and search a ~43M-abstract research paper index (PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv), directly from your terminal.
• @page-agent/page-controllerPage controller for page-agent - DOM operations and element interactions
• @antiwork/shortestAI-powered natural language end-to-end testing framework
• @playwright-testing-library/testplaywright + dom-testing-library
• npm-license-crawlerAnalyzes license information for multiple node.js modules (package.json files) as part of your software project.
• windowExports a jsdom window object.
• url-metadataFetch a URL and scrape its metadata using Node.js or the browser. Can parse metadata from HTML strings or Response objects as well.
• pwa-asset-generatorAutomates PWA asset generation and image declaration. Automatically generates icon and splash screen images, favicons and mstile images. Updates manifest.json and index.html files with the generated images according to Web App Manifest specs and Apple Hum
• grunt-contrib-jasmineRun jasmine specs headlessly through Headless Chrome
• metascraper-dateMetascraper rule to extract the date from HTML using Open Graph, JSON-LD, and fallback selectors.
• playwright-ng-schematicsPlaywright Angular schematics
• @wreq-js/binding-linux-x64-gnuNode.js/TypeScript HTTP client with browser TLS fingerprint impersonation (JA3/JA4). Bypass Cloudflare and anti-bot detection. Rust-powered, fetch()-compatible.
• ts-web-scraperA powerful web scraper for both static and client-side rendered sites using only Bun native APIs
• robots-txt-parserA lightweight robots.txt parser for Node.js with support for wildcards, caching and promises.
• @factory-js/factory🏭 The object generator for testing
• @takumi-rs/core-linux-arm64-muslRender OG images from Takumi node trees with native Node.js bindings. No headless browser.
• rebrowser-puppeteerA drop-in replacement for puppeteer patched with rebrowser-patches. It allows to pass modern automation detection tests.
• @page-agent/coreGUI agent for web applications - add intelligent automation to any webpage with a single script
• simplecrawlerVery straightforward, event driven web crawler. Features a flexible queue interface and a basic cache mechanism with extensible backend.
• @wdio/static-server-serviceA WebdriverIO service that can serve your static websites
• rebrowser-playwright-coreA drop-in replacement for playwright-core patched with rebrowser-patches. It allows to pass modern automation detection tests.
• @seontechnologies/playwright-utilsA collection of utilities for Playwright.
• @global-cache/playwrightKey-value cache for sharing data between Playwright workers.
• nightmareA high-level browser automation library.
• @kpmck/ag-grid-coreFramework-agnostic AG Grid DOM helpers for Node-based test tooling
• @usenotra/geoRequest capture SDK for AI traffic attribution and agent feedback collection
• @takumi-rs/core-darwin-arm64Render OG images from Takumi node trees with native Node.js bindings. No headless browser.
• page-agentGUI agent for web applications - add intelligent automation to any webpage with a single script
• @takumi-rs/core-darwin-x64Render OG images from Takumi node trees with native Node.js bindings. No headless browser.
• rebrowser-playwrightA drop-in replacement for playwright patched with rebrowser-patches. It allows to pass modern automation detection tests.
• tuistoryPlaywright-like testing for TUI applications
• @mozilla/firefox-devtools-mcp-mozModel Context Protocol (MCP) server for Firefox DevTools automation (moz build with privileged context support)
• zombieInsanely fast, full-stack, headless browser testing using Node.js
• playwright-testing-libraryplaywright + dom-testing-library
• machinepack-httpSend HTTP requests, scrape webpages, and stream data in your JavaScript/Node.js/Sails.js app with a simple, `jQuery.get()`-like interface for sending HTTP requests and processing server responses.
• metascraper-amazonMetascraper rules tailored for Amazon pages — richer metadata than generic HTML parsers.

• happy-dom vs jsdom
• selenium-webdriver vs wd
• @appium/types vs selenium-webdriver
• @appium/types vs wd
• cheerio vs @metascraper/helpers
• codeceptjs vs playwright-bdd
• codeceptjs vs nightwatch