Nightmare is a high-level browser automation library for Node.js, built on top of Electron. It allows developers to automate interactions with web pages, such as clicking elements, filling forms, and scraping data. Nightmare provides a simple API for creating and running browser automation scripts, making it ideal for tasks like web scraping, testing, and UI automation.
Compared to alternatives like Puppeteer, Nightmare offers a more user-friendly and expressive API, making it easier to write and maintain automation scripts. However, Nightmare is no longer actively maintained and has been marked as deprecated. It is recommended to use Puppeteer or Playwright for modern browser automation needs.
Alternatives: puppeteer, playwright
Tags: node.jsbrowser automationweb scrapingtestingUI automation