Cypress

A popular e2e testing framework. I’ve used it on projects, but it’s not my first choice anymore.

The Ranking

Playwright > Cypress > Selenium.

Cypress was a big improvement over Selenium when it came out. Better DX, easier setup, more reliable tests. But Playwright has since surpassed it on all the metrics I care about: ease of setup, test reliability, modern tooling.

When I’d Use It

If I join a project already using Cypress, I’ll work with it. No need to rewrite a working test suite for ideology.

But for greenfield e2e setups, I’m reaching for Playwright every time.

Related

• Playwright - What I actually use now