generated: '2026-09-04'
method: searched
source: >-
  npm registry metadata, the github.com/browserstack organization, and the BrowserStack docs.
  Fetched 2026-09-04.
provider: BrowserStack
providerId: browserstack
note: >-
  BrowserStack ships no single unified `browserstack` CLI. It ships several purpose-built
  command-line tools plus a downloadable Local tunnel binary, each scoped to one product or
  framework. They are listed separately because they install separately and share no command
  namespace.
tools:
  - name: browserstack-cypress
    package: browserstack-cypress-cli
    registry: npm
    version: 1.36.19
    published: '2026-09-01'
    install: npm install -g browserstack-cypress-cli
    repository: https://github.com/browserstack/browserstack-cypress-cli
    purpose: Run a Cypress test suite on BrowserStack infrastructure.
    surface: init, run, build-info, build-stop, generate-report, generate-downloads
    surface_note: Command list read from the package's published README/repository; not
      verified by executing the binary.
  - name: browserstack-sdk
    package: browserstack-node-sdk
    registry: npm
    version: 1.68.2
    published: '2026-09-04'
    install: npm i -D browserstack-node-sdk
    purpose: >-
      Wraps an existing Selenium/Playwright/Jest runner so it executes on BrowserStack. Invoked
      as `npx browserstack-node-sdk <your test command>` rather than as a standalone CLI.
  - name: browserstack-sdk (Python)
    package: browserstack-sdk
    registry: pypi
    version: 1.51.2
    published: '2026-07-01'
    install: pip install browserstack-sdk
    purpose: Python equivalent of the Node SDK runner wrapper.
  - name: accessibility-devtools
    package: '@browserstack/accessibility-devtools'
    registry: npm
    version: 1.5.2
    published: '2026-08-10'
    install: npx @browserstack/accessibility-devtools
    purpose: Command-line interface for BrowserStack Accessibility DevTools — scans a codebase
      or running site for WCAG issues.
  - name: accessibility-devtools-cli
    package: '@browserstack/accessibility-devtools-cli'
    registry: npm
    version: 0.0.10
    published: '2026-02-25'
    install: npx @browserstack/accessibility-devtools-cli
    purpose: CLI for the BrowserStack Accessibility Linter. Still 0.0.x; last published
      2026-02-25.
  - name: AccessibilityDevTools (Swift)
    package: swift-package
    registry: github
    repository: https://github.com/browserstack/AccessibilityDevTools
    purpose: Swift Package Manager command plugin and CLI that scans an iOS Swift codebase for
      accessibility issues using BrowserStack's rule engine.
    version: null
    note: Distributed as an SPM package from the GitHub repository; no registry version to read.
  - name: BrowserStackLocal
    package: BrowserStackLocal binary
    registry: cdn
    install: Downloaded per-platform from the BrowserStack docs (Windows, macOS, Linux).
    purpose: >-
      Opens the Local Testing tunnel so BrowserStack's cloud browsers can reach localhost and
      firewalled staging environments. Managed programmatically through the Local Testing API
      and the language bindings in packages/.
    version: null
    note: >-
      The binary is distributed as an unpinned per-platform download, not through a package
      registry, so no version or release date can be read from the distribution URL. Language
      bindings that wrap it ARE versioned — see packages/browserstack-packages.yml
      (browserstack-local on npm 1.5.13, PyPI 1.2.16, RubyGems 1.5.0, NuGet BrowserStackLocal
      3.1.0, Maven com.browserstack:browserstack-local-java 1.1.6). The BrowserStack
      vulnerability-disclosure program scopes the binary to "only the latest released version",
      which is the closest thing to a support statement published for it.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com