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playwright vs Scrapling
playwright has 99,326 GitHub stars, 6,801 forks, 185 open issues and last shipped today. Scrapling has 96,843 stars, 10,148 forks, 6 open issues and last shipped yesterday. playwright leads on adoption by 3% (99,326 vs 96,843 stars). playwright is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0; Scrapling is written in Python under BSD-3-Clause. playwright has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Scrapling 10%. playwright was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (automation, playwright), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| playwright | Scrapling | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 99K | ★ 97K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-11-05 | 2026-11-04 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.8K | ⑂ 10K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick playwright if
- You weight community size — 99K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Scrapling if
- You want the Scrapling feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and Scrapling fits your workflow better
About playwright
🎭 Playwright Documentation API reference Playwright is a framework for web automation and testing. It drives Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with a single API — in your tests, in your scripts, and as a tool for AI agents. Get Started Choose the path that fits your workflow: Playwright Test Playwright Test is a full featured test runner built for end to end testing. It runs tests across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with full browser isolation, auto waiting, and web first assertions. Install Or add manually: Write a test Run tests Tests run in parallel across all configured browsers, in headless mode by default…
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About Scrapling
Effortless Web Scraping for the Modern Web Selection methods · Fetchers · Spiders · Proxy Rotation · CLI · MCP Scrapling is an adaptive Web Scraping framework that handles everything from a single request to a full scale crawl. Its parser learns from website changes and automatically relocates your elements when pages update. Its fetchers bypass anti bot systems like Cloudflare Turnstile out of the box. And its spider framework lets you scale up to concurrent, multi session crawls with pause/resume, automatic proxy rotation, and a crawl speed that adapts to how fast each…
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Frequently asked questions
Is playwright or Scrapling more popular?
playwright has 99,326 GitHub stars and Scrapling has 96,843. playwright has the larger community by that measure.
Are playwright and Scrapling free?
Both are open source. playwright is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Scrapling under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between playwright and Scrapling?
playwright is written in TypeScript and Scrapling in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, playwright or Scrapling?
Choose playwright if you want the larger community (99,326 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose Scrapling if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.