# Calabash

Calabash for iOS

Repository: https://github.com/calabash/calabash-ios
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/calabash
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-07-04T14:13:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5296, "days_push": 1156, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1796, forks 359 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:37.616620+00:00)

## What it is
Calabash is an open-source automated UI testing framework for native and hybrid iOS and Android mobile applications, driven via Cucumber-style acceptance tests. Microsoft discontinued contributions after iOS 11/Android 8 support, and the project is seeking a new maintainer.

## Use cases
- automate ui tests for ios apps
- write cucumber acceptance tests for android apps
- end-to-end testing of hybrid mobile apps
- inspect ios view hierarchy in tests
- mobile app regression testing

## When to choose
- you maintain legacy iOS/Android test suites already written with Calabash
- you need Cucumber-based mobile UI testing on old OS versions

## When to avoid
- starting a new mobile testing project - use Appium, Espresso, or XCUITest instead
- you need support for recent iOS or Android versions
- you cannot manage the risk of private APIs in test builds

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: testing, e2e-testing
- domain: mobile-development, testing
- platform: ruby
- tags: ui-testing, mobile-app-testing, cucumber, discontinued, ios, android, macos

## Member repositories
- calabash/calabash-ios (main) score 32
- calabash/calabash-android (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.616620+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 2026-08-30T03:22:47.328760+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/calabash/calabash-ios (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.616620+00:00, sha 25fe256c819b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.