# Cypress

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Cypress and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Cypress as a testing setup that helps prevent bugs, often paired with TypeScript and Jest. Critics raise no clear recurring caveat.

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Playwright](https://hackerapproved.com/p/playwright.md): 137 recommend
- [Playwright CLI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/playwright-cli.md): 19 recommend
- [Selenium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/selenium.md): 15 recommend
- [Puppeteer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/puppeteer.md): 14 recommend
- [Stagehand](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stagehand.md): 13 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cypress", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cypress/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).