Capybara Alternatives

Capybara is described as 'Helps you test web applications by simulating how a real user would interact with your app. It is agnostic about the driver running your tests and comes with Rack::Test and Selenium support built in. WebKit is supported through an external gem' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to Capybara for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Ruby apps. The best Capybara alternative is Selenium, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Capybara are Cypress, CasperJS, CodeceptJS and Watir.

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  1. Selenium icon

    Selenium

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    Selenium is a suite of tools specifically for testing web applications. It provides a playback tool for authoring functional tests across most modern web browsers, without the need to learn a test scripting language (Selenium IDE).

    97 Selenium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • JavaScript
    • Java
    • Ruby
    • Python
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    • Selenium is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Capybara.

    • Selenium is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Capybara.

    • Selenium is Free and Open SourceCapybara is also Free and Open Source
  2. Cypress icon

    Cypress

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    Cypress is a front end automated testing tool created for the modern web. Cypress is built on a new architecture and runs in the same run-loop as the application being tested. As a result Cypress provides better, faster, and more reliable testing for anything that runs in a...

    31 Cypress alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • Cypress is the most popular Web-based alternative to Capybara.

    • Cypress is Free and Open SourceCapybara is also Free and Open Source
  4. CasperJS icon

    CasperJS

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    CasperJS is an open source navigation scripting & testing utility written in Javascript for the PhantomJS WebKit headless browser and SlimerJS (Gecko).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. CodeceptJS icon

    CodeceptJS

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    CodeceptJS is a modern end to end testing framework with a special BDD-style syntax. The tests are written as a linear scenario of the user's action on a site.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
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    Watir

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    Watir is an open source Ruby library for automating tests. Watir interacts with a browser the same way people do: clicking links, filling out forms and validating text.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Ruby
     
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    TestCafe

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    TestCafe is a pure node.js end-to-end solution for testing web apps. It takes care of all the stages: starting browsers, running tests, gathering test results and generating reports. TestCafe doesn’t need browser plugins - it works in all popular modern browsers out-of-the-box.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Jikken

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    Jikken provides confidence that your software is working, which helps you deliver results faster and more reliably to your customers. Check out our GitHub to start using our free open-source tools, and sign up to our platform to enable monitoring and analytics.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Chocolatey
    • Homebrew
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    • Jikken is the most popular SaaS alternative to Capybara.

    • Jikken is Freemium and Open SourceCapybara is Free and Open Source
    • Jikken is Privacy focusedCapybara is not according to our users
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