Selenium

PublishedJun 12, 2026Last updatedJul 13, 2026

Selenium is the original open-source browser automation framework for driving web browsers natively, supporting all major browsers and programming languages.

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Selenium is for teams that need mature browser automation across major languages and real browsers. It is not a managed scraping API, so proxies, extraction, monitoring, and infrastructure are on you.

Best for: Real-browser automation
Cross-language engineering teams
Selenium Grid workloads
Open-source WebDriver workflows
Not ideal for: Hosted no-code scraping
Managed proxy operations
Simple HTML parsing
Last verified: Jun 26, 2026

Key facts

RepositorySeleniumHQ/seleniumGitHub
LicenseOpen source (Apache-2.0)GitHub
GitHub33,930 stars and 8,639 forksGitHub
Downloads49,214,074 PyPI downloads/monthPyPI
SDKsPython, JavaScript, Java, Ruby, and C# bindingsProject docs

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Selenium is a mature, comprehensive browser automation framework that drives browsers natively through WebDriver. As the industry standard for over a decade, Selenium powers web scraping, testing, and automation for millions of developers worldwide.

Key Features:

WebDriver Protocol - Drive browsers natively as real users would, across all major browsers
Multi-Language Bindings - Write automation in Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, Ruby, and more
Selenium Grid - Distribute and scale tests across multiple machines and environments
Selenium IDE - Record-and-playback browser interactions for quick script generation
Vast Ecosystem - Extensive community, plugins, and integrations built over 20+ years

Whether you're scraping at scale, running regression tests, or automating browser workflows, Selenium provides the proven foundation trusted by millions.

Categories:

Anti-Detection Browser Automation

Features:

JavaScript RenderingOpen SourceMulti-Language SDKsWorkflow AutomationNo-Code BuilderWebDriver ProtocolDistributed Execution

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Forks
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Last commit
5 months ago
License
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Language
Java

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