nightwatch vs puppeteer

Overview

puppeteer

Stacks1.4K

Followers6

Votes0

GitHub Stars85.3K

Forks9.2K

nightwatch

Stacks105

Followers0

Votes0

GitHub Stars11.5K

Forks1.2K

nightwatch vs puppeteer: What are the differences?

Developers describe nightwatch as "Easy to use Node.js based End-to-End testing solution for browser based apps and websites". Easy to use Node.js based End-to-End testing solution for browser based apps and websites, using the W3C WebDriver API. On the other hand, puppeteer is detailed as "A high-level API to control headless Chrome over the DevTools Protocol". A high-level API to control headless Chrome over the DevTools Protocol.

nightwatch and puppeteer belong to "npm Packages" category of the tech stack.

nightwatch and puppeteer are both open source tools. It seems that puppeteer with 73.7K GitHub stars and 7.78K forks on GitHub has more adoption than nightwatch with 10.8K GitHub stars and 1.07K GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, puppeteer has a broader approval, being mentioned in 116 company stacks & 74 developers stacks; compared to nightwatch, which is listed in 31 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

puppeteer	nightwatch
A high-level API to control headless Chrome over the DevTools Protocol.	Easy to use Node.js based End-to-End testing solution for browser based apps and websites, using the W3C WebDriver API.
Statistics
GitHub Stars 85.3K	GitHub Stars 11.5K
GitHub Forks 9.2K	GitHub Forks 1.2K
Stacks 1.4K	Stacks 105
Followers 6	Followers 0
Votes 0	Votes 0

What are some alternatives to puppeteer, nightwatch?

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eslint

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react

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@types/node

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prettier

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react-dom

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jest

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express

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mocha

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webpack

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