Run Playwright on Termux (Android) using system-installed Chromium — no browser downloads required.

Playwright’s official packages include browser binaries by default, but playwright-core does NOT.

This means:

• You must install a compatible Chromium yourself (via Termux)
• You must tell Playwright where that Chromium lives (executablePath)
• You must disable Playwright’s automatic browser downloads (PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=0)

This setup uses playwright-core to avoid browser downloads and keep your install lightweight, while running Playwright on Termux.

• Termux (Android)
• Node.js 18+
• Chromium installed from Termux’s X11 repo
• .env file with CHROMIUM_PATH and PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH set

pkg install x11-repo

pkg install chromium

git clone https://github.com/jobians/playwright-termux.git
cd playwright-termux
npm install
# or pnpm install

PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=0
CHROMIUM_PATH=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/chromium-browser

(Verify the path with which chromium-browser if needed)

npm start

const browser = await chromium.launch({
 executablePath: process.env.CHROMIUM_PATH,
 headless: true,
 args: ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-gpu']
});

This tells playwright-core to use your installed Chromium instead of downloading one.

Full script in index.js.

PRs and issues welcome!

Happy scraping on Termux! 🐧🚀