# kiwi-bdd/Kiwi

Simple BDD for iOS

Repository: https://github.com/kiwi-bdd/Kiwi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kiwi
Language: Objective-C
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-09-05T11:52:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5925, "days_push": 1093, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4112, forks 502 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:35.745119+00:00)

## What it is
Kiwi is a Behavior Driven Development (BDD) testing library for iOS written in Objective-C. It lets developers write readable spec-style tests using describe/context/it blocks that run inside Xcode.

## Use cases
- write BDD-style specs for iOS apps
- make unit tests more readable than XCTest
- test Objective-C code in Xcode
- behavior-driven development for iPhone apps
- structure tests with describe/context/it blocks

## When to choose
- you're maintaining an Objective-C iOS codebase and want readable BDD specs
- you prefer RSpec-style testing syntax in Xcode

## When to avoid
- you're starting a new Swift project - Swift testing frameworks like Quick are better supported
- you need a framework under active development

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: testing, e2e-testing, mocking
- domain: testing, mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: cpp
- tags: bdd, objective-c, xcode, spec-framework, cocoapods, carthage, ios, swift

## Member repositories
- kiwi-bdd/Kiwi (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.745119+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 2026-08-29T18:23:11.981759+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kiwi-bdd/Kiwi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.745119+00:00, sha e68e85c12205)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.