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Playwright Stealth MCP Server

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Playwright Stealth runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 547 installs a week from npm. Last commit 30 Aug 2026.

Browser automation using Playwright with optional stealth mode to bypass anti-bot protection.

Installs per day peak 71 · avg 35 · -25% w/w
a month agotoday
547
Installs / week
npm · playwright-stealth-mcp-server
80
Stars
26 open issues
30 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Playwright Stealth every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add playwright-stealth -- npx -y playwright-stealth-mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-stealth": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "playwright-stealth-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.playwright-stealth]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "playwright-stealth-mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-stealth": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "playwright-stealth-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-stealth": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "playwright-stealth-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: STEALTH_MODE (Enable stealth mode with anti-detection measures.), STEALTH_USER_AGENT (Custom User-Agent string for stealth mode.), STEALTH_MASK_LINUX (Mask Linux in User-Agent as Windows to avoid fingerprint mismatch.), STEALTH_LOCALE (Custom locale for Accept-Language header in stealth mode.), HEADLESS (Run browser in headless mode.), TIMEOUT (Default timeout for Playwright actions in milliseconds.), NAVIGATION_TIMEOUT (Default timeout for page navigation in milliseconds.), SCREENSHOT_STORAGE_PATH (Directory for storing screenshots.), VIDEO_STORAGE_PATH (Directory for storing video recordings.), PROXY_URL (Proxy server URL for connections.), PROXY_USERNAME (Proxy authentication username.), PROXY_PASSWORD (Proxy authentication password.), PROXY_BYPASS (Comma-separated list of hosts to bypass proxy.), BROWSER_PERMISSIONS (Comma-separated list of browser permissions to grant.), IGNORE_HTTPS_ERRORS (Ignore HTTPS certificate errors.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Playwright Stealth — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Playwright Stealth?
Playwright Stealth runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package playwright-stealth-mcp-server was installed 547 times last week.
How do I connect Playwright Stealth?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls playwright-stealth-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Playwright Stealth?
The npm package playwright-stealth-mcp-server was installed 547 times in the last week. Week over week that is -25%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Playwright Stealth open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 80 stars on GitHub and 26 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.