# airtap/airtap

Run TAP unit tests in 1789+ browsers.

Repository: https://github.com/airtap/airtap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/airtap
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: unit-testing, test-anything-protocol, browsers, sauce-labs, sauceconnect, javascript, zuul, airtap, nodejs, npm-package
Last push: 2025-04-01T19:48:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 29/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 14, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3125, "days_push": 519, "days_rel": 654, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1378, forks 45 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:33.509385+00:00)

## What it is
Airtap is a command-line tool for running TAP-producing JavaScript unit tests (e.g. with tape) across many browsers, locally or in the cloud via providers like Sauce Labs. It launches browsers concurrently with live-reload support and discovers browsers through pluggable provider packages.

## Use cases
- run unit tests in multiple browsers
- cross-browser test javascript library
- test javascript in sauce labs browsers
- run tape tests in browsers
- verify browser compatibility with tests
- live-reload browser tests during development

## When to choose
- you need to prove your JavaScript works across many browsers including cloud-hosted ones
- your test suite already outputs TAP (e.g. tape)
- you want local and cloud browser testing behind one CLI

## When to avoid
- you use Jest, Mocha, or other non-TAP test frameworks with their own browser tooling
- you only need Node.js testing without browsers
- you need full end-to-end UI automation rather than unit tests in browsers

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: testing, e2e-testing, cli
- domain: testing, web-development, developer-tools, frontend
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: tap, browser-testing, sauce-labs, unit-testing, javascript, npm-package, cross-browser, nodejs

## Member repositories
- airtap/airtap (main) score 29

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.509385+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:40:21.450303+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/airtap/airtap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.509385+00:00, sha 3b202118791a)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/airtap (fetched 2026-08-29T11:56:42.027336+00:00, sha 4fa452a19b15)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.