# @playwright/browser-chromium

> Playwright package that automatically installs Chromium

Latest version **1.65.0** (published 2026-11-05) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @playwright/browser-chromium
pnpm add @playwright/browser-chromium
yarn add @playwright/browser-chromium
bun add @playwright/browser-chromium
```

## Health

**Score 80/100 (A)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; popular repo; extremely popular.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.65.0 |
| Published | 2026-11-05 |
| First published | 2023-08-28 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | >=20 |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 15.2 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | yes |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 92089 |
| Author | Microsoft Corporation |
| Maintainers | pavelfeldman, yurys, dgozman-ms, microsoft-oss-releases, microsoft1es |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@playwright/browser-chromium
- Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright
- Homepage: https://playwright.dev
- Issues: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@playwright/browser-chromium

## Dependencies (1)

- [playwright-core](https://npm.io/package/playwright-core.md) 1.65.0

## Recent versions

- 1.65.0 (latest) — 2026-11-05
- 1.66.0-alpha-2026-11-10 (next-pending) — 2026-11-10
- 1.66.0-alpha-1794252756000 (next) — 2026-11-09
- 1.65.0-beta-1793921730000 (beta) — 2026-11-05
- 1.66.0-alpha-2026-11-09 — 2026-11-09
- 1.66.0-alpha-2026-11-08 — 2026-11-08
- 1.66.0-alpha-2026-11-07 — 2026-11-07
- 1.65.0-beta-1793919248000 — 2026-11-05
- 1.66.0-alpha-1793916328000 — 2026-11-05
- 1.65.0-beta-1793900512000 — 2026-11-05
- 1.65.0-beta-1793895462000 — 2026-11-05
- 1.66.0-alpha-2026-11-05 — 2026-11-05
- 1.65.0-beta-1793840934000 — 2026-11-05
- 1.65.0-beta-1793840611000 — 2026-11-05
- 1.66.0-alpha-2026-11-04 — 2026-11-04
- … 1788 more at https://npm.io/package/@playwright/browser-chromium/versions

## README

# @playwright/browser-chromium

This package automatically installs [Chromium](https://www.chromium.org/) browser for [Playwright](http://github.com/microsoft/playwright) library. If you want to write end-to-end tests, we recommend [@playwright/test](https://playwright.dev/docs/intro).

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