# getgauge/gauge

Light weight cross-platform test automation

Repository: https://github.com/getgauge/gauge
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gauge
Homepage: https://gauge.org
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: test-automation, agile, testing-tools, behavior-driven-development, golang, bdd, markdown, acceptance-testing, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-21T10:50:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4545, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 18, "n_releases_24m": 28}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3186, forks 356 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:48.044687+00:00)

## What it is
Gauge is a lightweight, cross-platform test automation framework for writing acceptance tests in Markdown-based business-readable specifications. It supports multiple implementation languages (Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, Ruby), parallel execution, data-driven testing, and a plugin ecosystem.

## Use cases
- write acceptance tests in plain markdown
- run behavior-driven acceptance tests
- automate browser tests with readable specs
- run data-driven tests against multiple datasets
- parallelize test suites in CI pipelines
- test automation in Java, JavaScript, C#, Python or Ruby

## When to choose
- you want business-readable, markdown-based acceptance tests
- your team uses multiple programming languages for test implementation
- you need built-in parallel execution and data-driven testing
- you want a lightweight BDD alternative to Cucumber

## When to avoid
- you need guaranteed timely support - the project is community-maintained with slow response times since official sponsorship ended in 2021
- you prefer a single-language, tightly integrated test framework
- you need a very actively developed tool with frequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: testing, e2e-testing, cli, plugin-system
- domain: testing, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: test-automation, acceptance-testing, behavior-driven-development, bdd, markdown-specs, data-driven-testing, parallel-execution, golang, automation, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- getgauge/gauge (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.044687+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 2026-08-30T07:24:59.843952+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/getgauge/gauge (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.044687+00:00, sha 9a13c58dbf4c)
  - homepage: https://gauge.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:54.838658+00:00, sha 77329adeecb7)
  - site_page: https://docs.gauge.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:54.841509+00:00, sha b8ae90dd3a35)
  - site_page: https://docs.gauge.org/getting_started/installing-gauge.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:54.843959+00:00, sha a33fefb161d7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.