# agoda-com/Kakao

This repo is no longer supported. Please visit a https://github.com/KakaoCup/Kakao

Repository: https://github.com/agoda-com/Kakao
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kakao
Language: Kotlin
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: espresso, kotlin, dsl, ui-testing, testing-framework, testing-tool, testing-library, android, android-ui, android-test
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-05-26T07:38:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3263, "days_push": 1925, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1098, forks 97 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:34.923384+00:00)

## What it is
Kakao is a Kotlin DSL wrapper around Google's Espresso that makes Android UI test code more readable and reusable. The original Agoda repository is no longer supported; development has moved to KakaoCup/Kakao.

## Use cases
- write readable Android UI tests in Kotlin
- replace verbose Espresso matcher chains with a DSL
- implement the Page Object pattern for Android tests
- interact with Android views like buttons, edit texts, and web views in tests
- make automated Android test suites more maintainable

## When to choose
- you write Espresso-based Android UI tests and want better readability
- your team uses Kotlin and the Page Object pattern
- you want a reusable, extensible DSL over raw Espresso APIs

## When to avoid
- you need active support or new releases - use KakaoCup/Kakao instead
- you test non-Android platforms
- you prefer writing plain Espresso in Java or Kotlin without a DSL layer

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: testing, e2e-testing
- domain: testing, mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: espresso, dsl, ui-testing, page-object-pattern, android-ui-testing, archived-repo, android

## Member repositories
- agoda-com/Kakao (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.923384+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 2026-08-30T06:46:14.204386+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/agoda-com/Kakao (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.923384+00:00, sha 3e4a7a63c6f9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.