Cucumber Alternatives

Apps similar to Cucumber include Kensa, which is free and open source. Other options are Karate, Robot framework, JBehave and Testomat.io. In total there are seven Test Framework Tools like Cucumber for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. Kensa icon
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    BDD testing framework for Kotlin and Java. Given-When-Then in plain code, no Gherkin files, HTML reports and sequence diagrams generated from the test source.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • JetBrains IDE
    • Kotlin
    • Java
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    Write your test using fluent language.
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  2. Karate icon
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    Karate is the only open-source tool to combine API test-automation, mocks, performance-testing and even UI automation into a single, unified framework. The BDD syntax popularized by Cucumber is language-neutral, and easy for even non-programmers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Karate screenshot 1
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  3. Robot Framework is a generic test automation framework for acceptance testing and acceptance test-driven development (ATDD). It has easy-to-use tabular test data syntax and it utilizes the keyword-driven testing approach.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    JBehave is a framework for Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD). BDD is an evolution of test-driven development (TDD) and acceptance-test driven design, and is intended to make these practices more accessible and intuitive to newcomers and experts alike.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Testomat.io icon
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    This system organizes automated and manual tests for modern teams, enhancing transparency. Provides test analysis, BDD support, real-time reporting. Integrates with JavaScript frameworks, Jira, and Confluence for better project alignment. Facilitates branching and versioning like git.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    SpecFlow aims at bridging the communication gap between domain experts and developers by binding business readable behavior specifications and examples to the underlying implementation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. BDDX icon
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    Behavior driven development CLI. Write tests in Gherkin and integrate with Git and JIRA.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Jira
    • GitHub
    • Bash
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