Cucumber Alternatives

Cucumber is described as 'Tool that executes plain-text functional descriptions as automated tests. Collaboration tool for executable specifications which is based on "gherkin"-parser Gherkin the language that Cucumber understand' and is an app in the development category. There are six alternatives to Cucumber for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Cucumber alternative is Karate, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cucumber are Robot framework, Testomat.io, JBehave and SpecFlow.

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  1. 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
     
    • Karate is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Cucumber.

    • Karate is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Cucumber.

    • Karate is Free and Open SourceCucumber is also Free and Open Source
  2. 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.

    20 Robot framework alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. 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 (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Testomat.io is the most popular Web-based, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Cucumber.

    • Testomat.io is Freemium and ProprietaryCucumber is Free and Open Source
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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
     
  5. SpecFlow icon
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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
     
  6. 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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