Taiko

Our Expert's Opinion

After using many browser test tools, Taiko feels simple and easy to read, and I like how the smart selectors and implicit waits remove a lot of flaky tests for modern web apps. The REPL recorder is also very helpful, because I can try commands in the terminal and see the browser react right away, then copy the code into my tests. But Taiko is not perfect: it only works with Node.js and JavaScript, so I cannot use it in teams that prefer Java, Python, or C#, and the community and ecosystem feel smaller than tools like Selenium or Playwright, so answers and plugins are harder to find. Browser support is strong for Chromium, while Firefox support is still marked as experimental and has some known issues, so I am careful before using it in big cross-browser test suites. On very complex or heavy pages it can also feel a bit slower or less smooth than the most mature tools, and it still misses some advanced features and integrations I get out of the box elsewhere, but overall I see it as a nice, focused option when my project is JavaScript-first and mainly on Chromium.