thoughtbot/capybara-webkit
A Capybara driver for headless WebKit to test JavaScript web apps observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5668
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2374
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1952 stars · 417 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Capybara driver that runs headless WebKit (via Qt) for testing JavaScript-heavy web applications in Ruby. Development is suspended since QtWebKit was deprecated, and the maintainers recommend Selenium or Apparition instead.
Use cases
- run capybara tests with javascript in a headless browser
- test rails app javascript without opening a browser window
- headless browser testing in rspec with js: true
- run cucumber javascript scenarios headlessly
- execute capybara tests on CI with xvfb
When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Ruby test suite already using capybara-webkit
- you are locked to QtWebKit and cannot migrate drivers
When to avoid
- starting a new project - use Selenium or Apparition instead
- you need modern WebKit/Blink features or active maintenance
- you cannot install Qt 4.8+ build dependencies
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
testing e2e-testing testing web-development ruby windows capybara-driver headless-browser webkit javascript-testing qt rspec cucumber linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/thoughtbot/capybara-webkit · fetched 2026-08-28 · 118b48dbe1fa
- homepage: https://thoughtbot.com/open-source · fetched 2026-08-29 · ffcc3e974bdb
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| thoughtbot/capybara-webkit | main | 10 |
For agents
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