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vscode-extension-tester

ExTester is a package that is designed to help you run UI tests for your Visual Studio Code extensions using selenium-webdriver.

v8.27.0, 14 Sept 2026Apache-2.0CommonJSTypes: BundledTestingScraping and browser automation
$ npm install vscode-extension-tester

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
28.7k
-26% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
18
Direct, from package.json
Last release
10 days ago
v8.27.0
GitHub stars
327
88 forks
Open issues / PRs
41 / 5
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
266

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
020k40k60kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 55.3k (24 Mar 2026)Low 23.5k (1 Sept 2026)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

28,654 downloads last week, 139,869 in the last month. The 12-month change of -26% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
-
Latest version
8.27.0, 14 Sept 202610 days ago
First published
-
Last push to GitHub
23 Sept 20261 day before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
41
Open pull requests
5
Commits, last 52 weeks
266
Dependents on npm
5

Major versions

-

Recent releases

-

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=22
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
351 kB
Dependencies (18)
c8gottarglobfind-uphpagentjs-yamlfs-extraunzippercommander@vscode/vscejsonc-parsercompare-versionssanitize-filenameselenium-webdriver@types/selenium-webdriver@redhat-developer/locators@redhat-developer/page-objects
Peer dependencies (2)
mochatypescript
npm install vscode-extension-tester
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vscode-extension-tester@8.27.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/vscode-extension-tester@8.27.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/vscode-extension-tester@8.27.0
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
html-dnd6.9k-7 years agoCommonJS-
webdriver-manager701.8k-3 years agoCommonJS-
nightwatch114.3k-4 months agoCommonJS-
blocking-proxy635.5k-8 years agoCommonJS-
jasminewd2619.2k-8 years agoCommonJS-
@factory-js/prisma-factory6.5k-7 months agoESM + CommonJS-
codeceptjs415.4k-2 days agoESM + CommonJS-
playwright-test19.6k-3 months agoESM only-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.