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Render your Android screens without a physical device or emulator observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/cashapp/paparazzi · homepage · Kotlin · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

86/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 60
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 119
  • age_days: 2725
  • days_rel: 105
  • days_push: 9
  • n_releases_24m: 6

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2619 stars · 262 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Paparazzi is a Kotlin library from Cash App that renders Android views and Jetpack Compose screens as snapshots inside plain JVM tests, without needing a device or emulator. It records golden images and verifies them on subsequent runs, generating HTML reports and diffs for visual regression testing.

Use cases

  • run android screenshot tests without an emulator
  • snapshot test jetpack compose ui in jvm unit tests
  • catch visual regressions in android layouts in ci
  • record golden images of android views
  • render android layouts fast during development
  • verify ui diffs on pull requests

When to choose

  • you want fast, emulator-free screenshot testing for android views or compose
  • you need deterministic visual regression checks in CI
  • you want snapshot diffs and HTML reports from gradle tasks

When to avoid

  • you need full instrumentation, real sensors, or interaction testing on a device
  • your UI depends on runtime behavior paparazzi cannot emulate
  • you test non-Android JVM code

Facets

library · maturity active

testing e2e-testing ui-components android-tools mobile-development testing frontend jvm snapshot-testing screenshot-testing jetpack-compose golden-files visual-regression android-ui-testing android gradle

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
cashapp/paparazzimain86

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