# alibaba/macaca

Automation solution for multi-platform. 多端自动化解决方案

Repository: https://github.com/alibaba/macaca
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/macaca
Homepage: https://macacajs.github.io
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: automation, testing, uitest, android, ios, hybrid-apps, macaca
Last push: 2022-09-18T13:23:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3822, "days_push": 1445, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3184, forks 418 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:48.001216+00:00)

## What it is
Macaca is an open-source automation testing solution for native, hybrid, mobile web, and desktop web applications, built on the W3C WebDriver standard. It provides drivers for iOS and Android, a CLI, UI inspector/recorder tools, and client SDKs for Node.js, Java, and Python.

## Use cases
- automate ui tests on android and ios apps
- test hybrid webview mobile apps
- run end-to-end tests on mobile and desktop browsers
- record and inspect ui elements for mobile test automation
- integrate mobile app testing into ci pipeline
- write webdriver tests in node.js java or python

## When to choose
- you need a single webdriver-based framework covering iOS, Android, and web
- your team works in Node.js, Java, or Python and wants standardized mobile test automation
- you want built-in UI inspector, recorder, and CI integration for mobile testing

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained tooling - development has slowed with the last release in 2022
- you only test web apps in a browser, where lighter tools like Playwright or Cypress fit better
- you need cutting-edge iOS/Android OS support that newer frameworks like Appium or Maestro provide

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: testing, e2e-testing, workflow-automation
- domain: testing, mobile-development, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: ui-testing, webdriver, mobile-automation, hybrid-apps, appium-alternative, automation, android, ios, nodejs

## Member repositories
- alibaba/macaca (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.001216+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 2026-08-30T07:25:01.103877+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alibaba/macaca (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.001216+00:00, sha 554f5e16506a)
  - homepage: https://macacajs.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:39:20.115094+00:00, sha 1c6cac311c06)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.