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Cypress

Cypress

JavaScript end-to-end testing framework

Cypress provides fast, reliable E2E testing with time travel debugging and real-time reloading. Chromium-only for a long time but now supports Firefox and WebKit.

Panel Reviews

The Builder

The Builder

Developer Perspective

Skip

Playwright has surpassed Cypress in capabilities. Multi-browser, auto-waiting, and trace viewer are all better in Playwright.

The Skeptic

The Skeptic

Reality Check

Skip

Was the best E2E framework but Playwright has taken the lead. The cloud pricing for CI is expensive.

The Creator

The Creator

Content & Design

Ship

The test runner UI and time-travel debugging are the most intuitive of any testing tool.