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Nov 07 - Nov 13, 2022
Online services
- testRigor - E2E functional test automation tool for web, mobile, and desktop tests.
Oct 17 - Oct 23, 2022
Tools and frameworks
- Lost Pixel (⭐750) - Holistic visual regression testing for full pages, components (via Storybook and Ladle integration), and custom shots (e.g. via Cypress).
Blog posts
- Everything you need to know about Visual Regression Testing in 2022 - Intro to visual regression testing with tools updated as of 2022.
Sep 12 - Sep 18, 2022
Online services
- BugBug.io - Lightweight test automation tool for web applications. Easy to learn and doesn't require coding. It's free, with unlimited tests. For an additional monthly fee, you also get cloud monitoring and CI/CD integration.
Blog posts
- UI Visual Regression Testing with Micoo - Introduction about how to do visual regression testing with Micoo service
- Poor man's visual regression testing - Improved manual visual regression testing with the PerfectPixel chrome plugin.
Aug 15 - Aug 21, 2022
Online services
- Meticulous.ai - Easily create frontend tests without writing code. Use Meticulous to record workflows on your web app. You can then replay those flows on new frontend code, and create a test by diffing two replays.
Jun 20 - Jun 26, 2022
Tools and frameworks
- Touca (⭐125) - Open source continuous regression testing without the hassle of managing snapshot files.
Apr 04 - Apr 10, 2022
Online services
- Preflight - Easiest Visual regression testing and Automated Web Testing tool. (Limited) free use.
- Preflight: Cypress Recorder - Create AI-powered Cypress Tests/POM models in your browser and automate Email & Visual testing for Cypress.
Mar 28 - Apr 03, 2022
Slideshows, talks and videos
- Cypress in 100 Seconds - Introduction video by Fireship.
Feb 28 - Mar 06, 2022
Online services
- HeadSpin - HeadSpin's Regression testing gives you a powerful comparison tool for analysing degradation across new app builds, OS releases, feature additions, locations, and more.
Feb 14 - Feb 20, 2022
Online services
- TestingBot - Provides +3600 browsers to run automated visual tests. Free for Open Source.
Dec 27 - Jan 02, 2021
Tools and frameworks
- jest-image-snapshot (⭐3.5k) - Jest matcher that performs image comparisons using pixelmatch
Aug 02 - Aug 08, 2021
Blog posts
- Visual regression testing using Jest, Chromeless and AWS Lambda (⭐17) - Tutorial using Chromeless and jest-image-snapshot.
Jul 26 - Aug 01, 2021
Tools and frameworks
- OSnap (⭐110) - The speedy and easy to use Snapshot Testing tool for your project (1200 snapshots will run in under 3 minutes).
Apr 12 - Apr 18, 2021
Online services
Feb 15 - Feb 21, 2021
Online services
- Micoo (⭐157) - Open source service for all UI application visual regression solution
Nov 16 - Nov 22, 2020
Tools and frameworks
- Creevey (⭐326) - Cross-browser visual testing with magic. Feature-rich tool with UI Runner, Tests Hot Reloading, Docker and Storybook integration.
Nov 02 - Nov 08, 2020
Blog posts
- Visual regression testing for Hugo with Github-CI and BackstopJS - How to automate regression testing for Hugo with BackstopJS
Oct 12 - Oct 18, 2020
Tools and frameworks
- Karma - A test runner by the AngularJS team, that fits all our needs.
Oct 05 - Oct 11, 2020
Tools and frameworks
- Selenide (⭐1.6k) - Framework powered by Selenium WebDriver for writing easy-to-read and easy-to-maintain automated tests in Java.
Aug 31 - Sep 06, 2020
Blog posts
- theheadless.dev - Blog with practical guides and runnable examples on Playwright and Puppeteer.
Jul 27 - Aug 02, 2020
Deprecated
- PhantomFlow (⭐688) - Experimental approach to UI testing, based on Decision Trees.
- Visual Review (⭐280) - A human-friendly tool for testing and reviewing visual regressions.
- Huxley (⭐4.1k) - Python framework based on Selenium Webdriver (⭐25k).
- WebdriverCSS (⭐625) - WebdriverCSS sits on top of Webdriver.io (⭐7.8k) and hooks into Selenium (⭐25k).
Jul 06 - Jul 12, 2020
Deprecated
- Gemini (⭐1.5k) - Feature rich framework with support for Selenium (⭐25k) and CasperJS (⭐7.3k). Gemini is deprecated, use hermione instead.
- OcularJS (⭐7) - uses PhantomJS (⭐29k).
May 18 - May 24, 2020
Online services
- Visual Regression Tracker (⭐450) - Open Source selfhosted service for visual regression testing
Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2020
Tools and frameworks
- Playwright (⭐44k) - Node library to automate Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.
Feb 10 - Feb 16, 2020
Tools and frameworks
- wdio-visual-regression (⭐3) - Visual regression tool for webdriver.io
Blog posts
Feb 03 - Feb 09, 2020
Online services
- Diffy - Cloud based visual regression tool. Uses puppeteer and proprietary comparison algorithm (detect layout shifts). Great scalability with AWS Lambda.
Nov 25 - Dec 01, 2019
Online services
- Reflect - Visual regression testing and test automation tool.
Oct 07 - Oct 13, 2019
Tools and frameworks
- basset - Open source platform for generating and reviewing visual differences. Supports multiple browsers, integrations for github and slack.
Jul 29 - Aug 04, 2019
Tools and frameworks
- qd_screenshottests - CasperJS-based UI regression and functional testing focused on Drupal 8 sites.
Jul 01 - Jul 07, 2019
Online services
- Vidiff - Cloud-based visual regression testing across stages.
May 27 - Jun 02, 2019
Online services
- LambdaTest - Perform Automated and Live Interactive Cross Browser Testing on 2000+ Real Browsers and Operating Systems Online.
May 06 - May 12, 2019
Blog posts
- Visual Regression Test with WebdriverIO & WebdriverCSS - Tutorial using WebdriverIO and WebdriverCSS with Spec Reporter
Apr 29 - May 05, 2019
Tools and frameworks
- test-crawler (⭐22) - Visual regression testing, by crawling a website and providing snapshot comparison reports.
Apr 15 - Apr 21, 2019
Online services
- Axcept - Testing for the whole team. Up to 100 tests in parallel. Endpoint Mocking. Code Coverage.
- Fluxguard - Screenshot pixel and DOM change comparisons and regressions.
Mar 11 - Mar 17, 2019
Tools and frameworks
- jest-puppeteer-react (⭐67) - Visual regression testing with Jest and puppeteer for React components
Jan 21 - Jan 27, 2019
Blog posts
- Keeping a React Design System consistent: using visual regression testing to save time and headaches - Using percy, and jest puppeteer to visually test a React component library.
Oct 22 - Oct 28, 2018
Online services
- Visual Knight - Cloud-based visual testing platform with realtime results for testing tools.
Deprecated
- dpxdt (⭐1.4k) - End-to-end testing with Python.
Sep 24 - Sep 30, 2018
Tools and frameworks
- AyeSpy (⭐173) - 44 image comparisons in 90 seconds.
Sep 10 - Sep 16, 2018
Tools and frameworks
- Happo (⭐507) - Visual diffing in CI for user interfaces.
- Wendigo (⭐138) - Test-oriented browser automation library based on Puppeteer.
- Loki (⭐1.5k) - Visual regression testing for Storybook using Chrome in docker et al.
- CodeceptJS (⭐3.8k) - Modern Era Acceptance Testing Framework for NodeJS.
- FuncUnit (⭐572) - A functional test suite based on jQuery
- Nightwatch (⭐11k) - Automated testing and continuous integration framework based on Node.js and using the Webdriver protocol.
- Protractor (⭐8.8k) - E2E test framework for Angular apps.
Online services
- Happo - Cloud-based screenshot testing service with support for multiple browsers.
Deprecated
- PhantomJS (⭐29k) - Scriptable Headless WebKit. No longer maintained since 2 June 2018.
Jul 23 - Jul 29, 2018
Tools and frameworks
- Zombie.js - Insanely fast, headless full-stack testing using Node.js.
Jul 02 - Jul 08, 2018
Tools and frameworks
- reg-cli (⭐280) - Visual regression test tool which output easy-to-read single file html report.
Slideshows, talks and videos
- CSS Regression Testing with Wraith - Screencast: Basic introduction to wraith, a screenshot comparison tool.
May 14 - May 20, 2018
Tools and frameworks
- ember-visual-test (⭐24) - Simple visual regression testing for Ember.
- AET (⭐121) - Scalable testing tool providing visual regression testing, accessibility and performance validation, markup analysis and more.
Apr 16 - Apr 22, 2018
Slideshows, talks and videos
- Visual Regression Testing - from a tool to a process by Nikhil Verma - How the Mobile Web team in Badoo converted and integrated PhantomCSS into their workflow and connected it to their CI process.
Mar 12 - Mar 18, 2018
Blog posts
- Visual Regression Testing with Puppeteer & Jest - Tutorial to setup visual testing with Puppeteer, Jest and VisWiz.io.
Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2018
Tools and frameworks
- Muppeteer (⭐66) - Visual regression testing framework for Chrome using Mocha and Puppeteer (⭐81k).
Online services
- VisWiz.io - Flexible visual regression testing service.
Jan 29 - Feb 04, 2018
Tools and frameworks
- Look-alike (⭐29) - Chrome Extension for taking and comparing screenshots.
- Differencify (⭐613) - A library for visual regression testing using Puppeteer (⭐81k).
- ResembleJS (⭐4.2k) - Analyse and compare images with Javascript and HTML5.
Blog posts
- Make visual regression testing easier - Introduction to Differencify (⭐613) and how to use it.
Deprecated
- PhantomCSS (⭐4.7k) - Visual/CSS regression testing with PhantomJS or SlimerJS. No longer maintained since 22 Dec 2017.
- DalekJS (⭐705) - Automated cross browser testing with JavaScript. No longer maintained since 4 Jun 2017.
Dec 18 - Dec 24, 2017
Tools and frameworks
- Chimp (⭐789) - Develop acceptance tests & end-to-end tests with realtime feedback.
Dec 11 - Dec 17, 2017
Tools and frameworks
- reg-suit (⭐945) - Visual regression testing suite which compares images, stores snapshots, and notifies the difference to your GitHub repo.
Oct 30 - Nov 05, 2017
Browser automation
- Cypress.io - An automation framework that runs in-browser.
Oct 16 - Oct 22, 2017
Tools and frameworks
- Puppeteer (⭐81k) - Headless Google Chrome Node API.
Oct 09 - Oct 15, 2017
Slideshows, talks and videos
- Visual Regression Testing with Shoov - How to setup shoov and get your first test written.
- Visual Regression Testing with PhantomCSS - Talk by Jon Bellah on how to use PhantomCSS during wordpress development.
- Visual Regression Testing: Sanity Checks With BackstopJS - Screencast with code demo and best practices.
- Screenster Tutorial - Tutorial on how to create visual automated tests with Screenster.
- Look-alike - visual regression testing tool - Demo what the Look-alike Chrome extension is, how it works and how and why it was build.
- Screencast on CSS critic - a lightweight testing framework for CSS - How to write your first CSS test with CSS critic, make it pass, break it, and make it pass again.
Aug 28 - Sep 03, 2017
Browser automation
- Selenium (⭐25k) - Browser automation framework and ecosystem.
- SlimerJS (⭐3k) - Scriptable browser like PhantomJS, based on Firefox.
- Webdriver.io (⭐7.8k) - Node.js bindings implementation for the W3C WebDriver protocol.
Tools and frameworks
- gatling (⭐53) - Integrated visual RSpec matcher which makes real visual testing easy (Ruby).
- vrtest (⭐11) - JavaScript library for running visual regression tests on your components cross browser via selenium.
Online services
- BrowserStack - Free for Open Source. Supports Selenium Webdriver (⭐25k).
- screener.io - For React, looks open source.
- applitools - Cloud base visual tests.
- percy.io - Continuous visual reviews for web apps.
- screenster.io - Cloud based automation testing platform for web and mobile UI.
- browserling - LIVE interactive cross-browser testing.
- Browser Shots - Screenshots only.
- CrossBrowserTesting - Manual & exploratory testing on 1500+ real browsers and mobile devices.
- Argos-CI - Automate visual regression testing.
Blog posts
- Phillip Gourley: Making visual regression useful - Why you should use BackstopJS.
- Pavels Jelisejevs: Visual Regression Testing with PhantomCSS - Introduction to PhantomCSS.
Aug 07 - Aug 13, 2017
Tools and frameworks
- Nightmare (⭐19k) - High-level browser automation library based on Electron.
Blog posts
- Chromeless, Chrominator, Chromy, Navalia, Lambdium, GhostJS, AutoGCD - Headless Chrome is shaking up traditional approaches to test automation.
Deprecated
- Chromeless (⭐13k) - Chrome automation made simple. Runs locally or headless on AWS Lambda. (archived 2018)
Jul 24 - Jul 30, 2017
Tools and frameworks
- Wraith (⭐4.8k) - Easy to use ruby tool with docker support.
- BackstopJS (⭐6.2k) - Config-driven automated screenshot test framework.
- Galen (⭐1.4k) - Java framework based on Selenium (⭐25k).
- CSSCritic (⭐476) - Lightweight CSS regression testing.
- Spectre (⭐455) - Provides image comparison capabilities and an admin interface for managing screenshots.
- Shoov (⭐33) - UI regression and functional testing focused on Drupal 7 sites.
- Hardy (⭐321) - Selenium-driven, cucumber-powered CSS testing.
- TestCafe (⭐9.5k) - Automated browser testing for the modern web development stack.
- Needle (⭐583) - Needle is a tool for testing visuals with Selenium and nose (Python).
- grunt-photobox (⭐271) - Plugin to prevent your project of broken layout via screenshot photo sessions of your site.
Blog posts
- Kevin Lamping: The 5 best visual regression testing tools - Compares: Wraith, PhantomCSS, Gemini, WebdriverCSS and Spectre.
- Garris Shipon: Visual Regression Testing For Angular Applications - Tutorial using BackstopJS.
- Angela Riggs: Visual Regression Testing with BackstopJS - Tutorial using BackstopJS.
- Garris Shipon: Automating CSS Regression Testing - Tutorial using BackstopJS.
Deprecated
- trifleJS (⭐821) - Headless automation for Internet Explorer. (last update 2016)
- CasperJS (⭐7.3k) - Navigation scripting and testing utility for PhantomJS and SlimerJS. (archived 2018)
- Navalia (⭐956) - Browser Automation based on headless Chrome and GraphQL. (archived 2018)
Jun 26 - Jul 02, 2017
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