Ecosystem

WebdriverIO is extended through services (hook into the test lifecycle, e.g. start a driver, connect to a cloud or add commands) and reporters (format test results). Official plugins are maintained in the WebdriverIO monorepo, community plugins by their authors. Install a plugin as a dev dependency and add it to the services or reporters array of your wdio.conf.ts:

wdio.conf.ts

export const config: WebdriverIO.Config = {
    // ...
    services: ['appium'],
    reporters: ['spec', ['allure', { outputDir: 'allure-results' }]],
}

The WebdriverIO configuration wizard (npm init wdio@latest) can install and configure most of the plugins below for you.

Tools

Tool	What it does
WebdriverIO MCP	Model Context Protocol server (@wdio/mcp) that lets AI agents drive browsers and mobile apps.
WebdriverIO DevTools	Live dashboard and trace viewer to debug WebdriverIO, Selenium and Nightwatch tests.
Visual Testing	Pixel-by-pixel visual regression testing (@wdio/visual-service).
expect-webdriverio	The assertion library bundled with the testrunner.
Boilerplate projects	Starter projects for many stacks, maintained by the project and the community.
Cloud services	Run tests on BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, TestMu AI and other device clouds.

Official Services

Plugin	Package	Description
Appium	@wdio/appium-service	A WebdriverIO service to start & stop Appium Server
Firefox Profile	@wdio/firefox-profile-service	WebdriverIO service that lets you define your Firefox profile in your wdio.conf.js
Lighthouse	@wdio/lighthouse-service	A WebdriverIO service that allows you to run Chrome DevTools commands in your tests
Sauce	@wdio/sauce-service	WebdriverIO service that provides a better integration into Sauce Labs
Shared Store	@wdio/shared-store-service	A WebdriverIO service to exchange data across processes
Static Server	@wdio/static-server-service	A WebdriverIO service that can serve your static websites
Testingbot	@wdio/testingbot-service	A WebdriverIO service that provides a better integration into TestingBot
Webdriver Mock	@wdio/webdriver-mock-service	A WebdriverIO service to stub all endpoints for internal testing purposes.

Community Services

Plugin	Package	Source
Auto-detect missing imports w/eslint	wdio-eslinter-service	GitHub
AWS Device Farm	wdio-aws-device-farm-service	GitHub
Azure DevOps Test Plans	@gmangiapelo/wdio-azure-devops-service	GitHub
Camera Service	wdio-camera-service	GitHub
CleanupTotal	wdio-cleanuptotal-service	GitHub
Cucumber Viewport Logger	wdio-cucumber-viewport-logger-service	GitHub
DevTools (Test Debugging & Visualization)	@wdio/devtools-service	GitHub
Dioxus	@wdio/dioxus-service	GitHub
Docker	wdio-docker-service	GitHub
Electron	@wdio/electron-service	GitHub
Gmail	wdio-gmail-service	GitHub
Google Chat	@qajonatasmartins/wdio-google-chat-service	GitHub
Image Comparison (Visual Regression Testing)	@wdio/visual-service	GitHub
Intercept	wdio-intercept-service	GitHub
Library of useful expected conditions	wdio-wait-for	GitHub
Ng-apimock	wdio-ng-apimock-service	GitHub
Novus Visual Regression	wdio-novus-visual-regression-service	GitHub
Null Driver	wdio-null-driver-service	GitHub
Nuxt Service	wdio-nuxt-service	GitHub
Obsidian Plugin Testing	wdio-obsidian-service	GitHub
OCR Testing	@wdio/ocr-service	GitHub
PerformanceTotal	wdio-performancetotal-service	GitHub
Qmate	@sap_oss/wdio-qmate-service	GitHub
QUnit	wdio-qunit-service	GitHub
Re-run	wdio-rerun-service	GitHub
Report Portal	wdio-reportportal-service	GitHub
Robonut	wdio-robonut-service	GitHub
Roku	wdio-roku-service	GitHub
Slack	wdio-slack-service	GitHub
Support for Angular component test harnesses	@badisi/wdio-harness	GitHub
Tauri	@wdio/tauri-service	GitHub
TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest)	wdio-lambdatest-service	GitHub
Tesults	wdio-tesults-service	GitHub
TV Labs	@tvlabs/wdio-service	GitHub
UI5	wdio-ui5-service	GitHub
VSCode Extension Testing	wdio-vscode-service	GitHub
winappdriver	wdio-winappdriver-service	GitHub
WireMock	wdio-wiremock-service	GitHub
ywinappdriver	wdio-ywinappdriver-service	GitHub
Zafira Listener	wdio-zafira-listener-service	GitHub

Official Reporters

Plugin	Package	Description
Allure	@wdio/allure-reporter	A WebdriverIO reporter plugin to create Allure Test Reports
Concise	@wdio/concise-reporter	A concise reporter for WebdriverIO
Dot	@wdio/dot-reporter	A WebdriverIO plugin to report in dot style
Json	@wdio/json-reporter	A WebdriverIO plugin to report results in json format.
Junit	@wdio/junit-reporter	A WebdriverIO reporter that creates Jenkins compatible XML based JUnit reports
Spec	@wdio/spec-reporter	A WebdriverIO plugin to report in spec style
Sumologic	@wdio/sumologic-reporter	A WebdriverIO reporter that sends test results to Sumologic for data analyses

Community Reporters

Plugin	Package	Source
CucumberJS JSON	wdio-cucumberjs-json-reporter	GitHub
Delta Reporter	wdio-delta-reporter-service	GitHub
HTML	wdio-html-nice-reporter	GitHub
JSON HTML Reporter	wdio-json-html-reporter	GitHub
Light Reporter	wdio-light-reporter	GitHub
Report Portal	wdio-reportportal-reporter	GitHub
Serenity/JS HTML	@serenity-js/html-reporter	GitHub
Slack Reporter	wdio-slack-reporter	GitHub
Teamcity Reporter	wdio-teamcity-reporter	GitHub
TestPlanIt Reporter	@testplanit/wdio-reporter	GitHub
Testrail Reporter	@wdio/testrail-reporter	GitHub
Timeline	wdio-timeline-reporter	GitHub
Video	wdio-video-reporter	GitHub

Add Your Plugin

Built a service or reporter? Add it to scripts/docs-generation/3rd-party to have its README published on this site. See Custom Services and Custom Reporter for how to build one.