pw vs io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp
pw is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.
pw is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Md Faiz Alam. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp is an MCP server published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Cursor: cursor/plugins, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace afaizalam2003/master-claude-skill | Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 2.1.2 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.0.82 Downloads/month (npm): 31 345 222 Downloads/week (npm): 6 403 349 Forks (GitHub): 3 283 Stars (GitHub): 38 368 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 4 548 Stars (GitHub): 42 948 Not marked · First seen |
| Cursor: cursor/plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 268 Stars (GitHub): 12 913 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:8771dc4666e7 Forks (GitHub): 3 283 Pulls (Docker Hub): 2 508 393 Stars (Docker Hub): 38 Stars (GitHub): 38 368 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | pwno longer listed · | io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 42 948 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 2 508 393 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 4 548 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@playwright/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 23 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 5, secrets among them: 2 | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 7 | 1 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/afaizalam2003/master-claude-skill | github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of pw
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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pw
Production-grade Playwright testing toolkit. 9 skills, 3 agents, 55 templates, plus optional (manually enabled) TestRail/BrowserStack integrations. Generate tests, fix flaky…
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Playwright Pro turns your AI coding agent into a senior test automation engineer. Instead of generating tutorial-quality tests with brittle CSS selectors, Playwright Pro enforces…
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E2E browser test pipeline for Claude Code: author, refine, compile, and run Playwright tests using browser automation
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Diagnose and fix failing Playwright tests: trace analysis, verified locator fixes, flaky ranking.
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Vibe Test — Browser Testing Agent
Code-aware browser testing agent — 14 Playwright tools for AI code editors via MCP
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10 curated QA skills: Claude Code QA, autonomous QA agent, E2E testing (Playwright, Cypress), API testing (REST + Playwright request), pytest patterns, Jest unit testing, and k6…
What each says it does
pw
Production-grade Playwright testing toolkit. 9 skills, 3 agents, 55 templates, TestRail + BrowserStack MCP integrations. Generate tests, fix flaky failures, migrate from Cypress/Selenium.
io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp
Playwright Tools for MCP
How to run each
pw
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio playwright-mcp -- npx -y @playwright/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of pw publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: pw · What it can do: io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/cursor/plugins/blob/HEAD/.cursor-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.