# thoughtbot/capybara-webkit

A Capybara driver for headless WebKit to test JavaScript web apps

Repository: https://github.com/thoughtbot/capybara-webkit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/capybara-webkit
Homepage: https://thoughtbot.com/open-source
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-03-03T15:09:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5668, "days_push": 2374, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1952, forks 417 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:58.387781+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: testing, e2e-testing
- domain: testing, web-development
- platform: ruby, windows
- tags: capybara-driver, headless-browser, webkit, javascript-testing, qt, rspec, cucumber, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- thoughtbot/capybara-webkit (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:58.387781+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 2026-08-30T03:06:47.893172+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/thoughtbot/capybara-webkit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:58.387781+00:00, sha 118b48dbe1fa)
  - homepage: https://thoughtbot.com/open-source (fetched 2026-08-29T10:46:22.679184+00:00, sha ffcc3e974bdb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.