microsoft/playwright-python

Playwright for Python is the Python version of Microsoft's Playwright browser automation library. The README opens by describing it as a Python library that controls three browser engines, Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit, through one common interface. Chromium powers Google Chrome and similar browsers, Firefox is Mozilla's browser, and WebKit is the engine behind Safari. Being able to drive all three from the same code is the main pitch. A compatibility table near the top lists which browser versions are bundled and confirms that all three work on Linux, macOS, and Windows. The exact version numbers are written into the README and updated by the project. The README points readers to the documentation site at playwright.dev/python and the API reference for the full set of classes and methods. The examples section shows two near-identical scripts. The first uses the synchronous API: it starts a Playwright session, walks through the three browser types in a loop, launches each one, opens a new page, visits playwright.dev, saves a screenshot named after the browser, and closes the browser. The second example does the same work using the asynchronous API with Python's asyncio, awaiting each browser action. Both samples are short enough to read end to end, which the README seems to use as the main proof that the library is straightforward to start with. The README closes with a short note about other supported languages. The same Playwright automation engine is available for Node.js with JavaScript or TypeScript.NET, and Java, with links to each language's documentation. The Python package is published on PyPI and on Anaconda, and a Discord community link is included in the badges at the top. The README is short and does not cover installation steps, configuration, advanced selectors, or testing patterns. Anyone looking for those will need to follow the link to the documentation site. It also makes promises in the opening paragraph about being ever-green, capable, reliable, and fast, and links to a page comparing Playwright to alternatives, but does not go into detail in the README itself.