What is the difference between Selenium and Playwright?

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Selenium is a widely used open-source automation tool for web applications, while Playwright is a newer automation tool developed by Microsoft with more modern features.

Selenium is older and more established, with a larger community and more resources available.
Playwright is more modern and has features like cross-browser testing, parallel execution, and better support for modern web technologies.
Selenium uses WebDriver protocol, while Playwright has its own protocol for automation.
Playwright has better support for headless browser testing compared to Selenium.