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Open Source Alternatives to Playwright

15 open source Developer Tools options similar to Playwright, ranked by named competitors first, sector overlap, and our 0-100 AI-readiness score. Every company listed publishes its source: each one carries an open source sector tag and a public GitHub repository.

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Selenium10
Open Source
An open-source framework for automating web browsers for testing and administration tasks.
Open source · Self-hostable
Cypress58
Developer ToolsAtlanta, United States$53.3M
A developer-friendly testing framework for the modern web.
Open source · Self-hostable
Puppeteer8
Developer Tools
A Node.js library by Google for controlling Chrome or Chromium through a high-level API.
Open source · Self-hostable
TestCafe7
Developer Tools
An open-source Node.js tool for automated web testing, simplifying end-to-end test creation and execution across browsers.
Open source · Self-hostable
WebDriverIO10
Developer Tools
An open-source, Node.js-based framework for web and mobile automation testing.
Open source · Self-hostable
Steel.dev58
Developer ToolsTel Aviv, Israel$17.0M
Cloud-based browser API for AI agents, simplifying web automation with anti-bot protection and session persistence.
Open source · Self-hostable
MetalBear56
Software DevelopmentSan Francisco, United States$12.5M
Open-core company building tools for modern backend engineers to ship faster and better.
Open source · Self-hostable
BrowserUse52
Agentic AISan Francisco, United States$17.0M
Provides tools and services for automated browser testing and scraping.
Open source · Self-hostable
Magnitude50
Agentic AISan Francisco, United States$10.0M
Open-source, vision-first browser agent for natural language control and web task automation.
Open source · Self-hostable
Testkube39
MLOpsTel Aviv, Israel$12.0M
Open-source Kubernetes-native testing framework for CI/CD.
Open source · Self-hostable
Remls22
Developer Tools
GitHub is a platform for developers to collaborate on code, manage projects, and build software.
Open source
Scrapy10
Web ScrapingDublin, Ireland
An open-source framework for fast and powerful web scraping and crawling, maintained by Zyte.
Open source · Self-hostable
Kaos Control7
Developer Tools
An open-source lifecycle management tool delivered as a single Go binary to guide ideas through capture, requirements, planning, development, testing, and release.
Open source
Bifra6
Open Source
Open-source tool that turns websites into typed REST APIs and MCP servers.
Open source
Codefresh62
EnterpriseBrisbane, Australia$42.0M
Octopus Deploy provides a unified platform for continuous delivery, automating deployments, runbooks, and operations for modern applications.
Open source · Self-hostable

Company	Sector	License	HQ	Funding	Score
SeleniumAn open-source framework for automating web browsers for testing and administration tasks.	Open Source	Open source · Self-hostable	—	—	10
CypressA developer-friendly testing framework for the modern web.	Developer Tools	Open source · Self-hostable	Atlanta, United States	$53.3M	58
PuppeteerA Node.js library by Google for controlling Chrome or Chromium through a high-level API.	Developer Tools	Open source · Self-hostable	—	—	8
TestCafeAn open-source Node.js tool for automated web testing, simplifying end-to-end test creation and execution across browsers.	Developer Tools	Open source · Self-hostable	—	—	7
WebDriverIOAn open-source, Node.js-based framework for web and mobile automation testing.	Developer Tools	Open source · Self-hostable	—	—	10
Steel.devCloud-based browser API for AI agents, simplifying web automation with anti-bot protection and session persistence.	Developer Tools	Open source · Self-hostable	Tel Aviv, Israel	$17.0M	58
MetalBearOpen-core company building tools for modern backend engineers to ship faster and better.	Software Development	Open source · Self-hostable	San Francisco, United States	$12.5M	56
BrowserUseProvides tools and services for automated browser testing and scraping.	Agentic AI	Open source · Self-hostable	San Francisco, United States	$17.0M	52
MagnitudeOpen-source, vision-first browser agent for natural language control and web task automation.	Agentic AI	Open source · Self-hostable	San Francisco, United States	$10.0M	50
TestkubeOpen-source Kubernetes-native testing framework for CI/CD.	MLOps	Open source · Self-hostable	Tel Aviv, Israel	$12.0M	39
RemlsGitHub is a platform for developers to collaborate on code, manage projects, and build software.	Developer Tools	Open source	—	—	22
ScrapyAn open-source framework for fast and powerful web scraping and crawling, maintained by Zyte.	Web Scraping	Open source · Self-hostable	Dublin, Ireland	—	10
Kaos ControlAn open-source lifecycle management tool delivered as a single Go binary to guide ideas through capture, requirements, planning, development, testing, and release.	Developer Tools	Open source	—	—	7
BifraOpen-source tool that turns websites into typed REST APIs and MCP servers.	Open Source	Open source	—	—	6
CodefreshOctopus Deploy provides a unified platform for continuous delivery, automating deployments, runbooks, and operations for modern applications.	Enterprise	Open source · Self-hostable	Brisbane, Australia	$42.0M	62