Open-source alternatives to Protractor
3 alternatives, ranked by a published maintenance score computed from live GitHub signals (fetched 2026-09-04). We flag unmaintained projects on both sides — including Protractor itself when the data says so.
About Protractor: Angular's end-to-end test framework, sunset in 2023 and archived.
Looks unmaintained since 2023-05-24 — Protractor: its repository is archived — development has officially ended. Computed from its GitHub repository, not our opinion.
How this 22/100 was computed
| Last commit | 3.3 years ago (archived) | 0/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | 6.3 years ago | 0/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 12/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 22/100 |
The alternatives
Playwright
Cross-browser automation: Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with one API.
How this 90/100 was computed
| Last commit | today | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | 36 days ago | 25/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 15/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 90/100 |
Cypress
Developer-friendly end-to-end testing in the browser.
How this 90/100 was computed
| Last commit | today | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | 3 days ago | 25/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 15/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 90/100 |
WebdriverIO
Automation framework on the WebDriver protocol.
How this 87/100 was computed
| Last commit | today | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | 6 days ago | 25/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 12/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 87/100 |