create-wdio
Advanced tools
Install and setup a WebdriverIO project with all its dependencies in a single run
One command to create a fresh WebdriverIO project or add WebdriverIO to an existing project.
create-wdio works on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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To install a WebdriverIO project, you may choose one of the following methods:
npx create-wdio@latest ./e2e
npx is a package runner tool that comes with npm 5.2+ and higher, see instructions for older npm versions
npm init wdio@latest ./e2e
npm init <initializer> is available in npm 6+
yarn create wdio@latest ./e2e
yarn create <starter-kit-package> is available in Yarn 0.25+
pnpm create wdio ./e2e
pnpm create <starter-kit-package> is available in pnpm v7+
It will create a directory called e2e inside the current folder.
Then it will run the configuration wizard that will help you set-up your framework.
You can pass the following command line flags to modify the bootstrap mechanism:
--dev - Install all packages as devDependencies (default: true)--yes - Will fill in all config defaults without prompting (default: false)--npm-tag - use a specific NPM tag for @wdio/cli package (default: latest)For more information on WebdriverIO see the homepage.
v9.18.2 (2025-07-21)
create-wdio
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Install and setup a WebdriverIO project with all its dependencies in a single run
The npm package create-wdio receives a total of 65,835 weekly downloads. As such, create-wdio popularity was classified as popular.
We found that create-wdio demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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