Cypress
Fast, easy and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 13
- age_days: 4201
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 56
Adoption not part of the score
51001 stars · 3647 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Cypress is an open-source end-to-end and component testing framework for anything that runs in a browser, built in TypeScript. It ships a test runner with a GUI, CLI, Docker images, a GitHub Action, and optional Cypress Cloud services for running and analyzing tests.
Use cases
- run end-to-end tests for a web app in a real browser
- test React, Angular, Vue, or Svelte components
- add browser tests to a CI pipeline with GitHub Actions
- run tests in Docker containers
- debug flaky browser tests with time-travel and test replay
- write integration tests for a frontend SPA
When to choose
- you need fast, reliable browser-based E2E or component tests with a good developer experience
- you want built-in time travel, automatic waiting, and an interactive test runner
- your team uses JavaScript/TypeScript and npm-based tooling
When to avoid
- you need to test native mobile or desktop applications
- you require testing outside a browser or across multiple browser tabs/domains with complex setups
- you prefer a free, fully open-source cloud test distribution without paid services
Facets
framework · maturity stable
testing e2e-testing developer-tools ci-cd testing web-development frontend developer-tools cross-platform windows browser cli browser-testing component-testing test-runner cypress-cloud test-replay typescript macos linux nodejs docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9722b30b1372
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cypress-io/cypress | main | 99 |
| cypress-io/cypress-realworld-app | examples | 67 |
| cypress-io/cypress-example-recipes | examples | 74 |
| cypress-io/github-action | plugin | 99 |
| cypress-io/cypress-example-kitchensink | examples | 100 |
| cypress-io/cypress-docker-images | infra | 77 |
| cypress-io/cypress-documentation | docs | 77 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="cypress-io/cypress")
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