Package

playwright-extra

Teach playwright new tricks through plugins.

v4.3.6, 1 Mar 2023MITESM + CommonJSTypes: BundledScraping and browser automation

$ npm install playwright-extra

npm GitHub Homepage

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 874.6k; +491% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 3 years ago; v4.3.6
GitHub stars: 7.4k; 781 forks
Open issues / PRs: 239 / 36
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

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.

874,602 downloads last week, 4,037,161 in the last month. The 12-month change of +491% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 010 in total
Latest version: 4.3.6, 1 Mar 20233 years ago
First published: 15 Nov 2020
Last push to GitHub: 18 Jul 2024798 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 239
Open pull requests: 36
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

v4 first release 4.3.0, 6 Jul 2022
v3 first release 3.3.2, 3 Jul 2022
v1 first release 1.0.0, 15 Nov 2020

Recent releases

Version	Published
4.3.6	1 Mar 2023
4.3.5	8 Aug 2022
4.3.4	8 Aug 2022
4.3.3	7 Jul 2022
4.3.2	7 Jul 2022
4.3.1	7 Jul 2022
4.3.0	6 Jul 2022
3.3.2	3 Jul 2022
1.0.1	16 Nov 2020
1.0.0	15 Nov 2020

Compatibility

Module format: ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=12
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 311 kB
Dependencies (1): debug
Peer dependencies (2): playwrightplaywright-core

Install

npm install playwright-extra

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/playwright-extra@4.3.6/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/playwright-extra@4.3.6/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/playwright-extra@4.3.6

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

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