# cashapp/paparazzi

Render your Android screens without a physical device or emulator

Repository: https://github.com/cashapp/paparazzi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/paparazzi
Homepage: https://cashapp.github.io/paparazzi/
Language: Kotlin
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-24T06:09:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 60, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2725, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 105, "gap_med": 119, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2619, forks 262 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:04.749859+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: testing, e2e-testing, ui-components
- domain: android-tools, mobile-development, testing, frontend
- platform: jvm
- tags: snapshot-testing, screenshot-testing, jetpack-compose, golden-files, visual-regression, android-ui-testing, android, gradle

## Member repositories
- cashapp/paparazzi (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.749859+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 2026-08-30T02:20:12.080126+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cashapp/paparazzi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.749859+00:00, sha 1581a976c8ca)
  - homepage: https://cashapp.github.io/paparazzi/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:03:06.440479+00:00, sha df5293c0a5df)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.