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mcp vs playwright-mcp
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours playwright-mcp (94/100 against 81). mcp is hosted and callable through the gateway; playwright-mcp runs on your own machine. playwright-mcp has noticeably more public adoption.
| mcp | playwright-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | B81/100 | A94/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Widely used |
| GitHub stars | 4 | 37k |
| Downloads / week | 451 | 6.0M |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | 4 | — |
| Write actions | 1 | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-18 |
| Category | Scraping and browsing | Scraping and browsing |