teampoltergeist/poltergeist
A PhantomJS driver for Capybara observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5424
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2532
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2483 stars · 407 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Poltergeist is a Ruby driver that lets Capybara run acceptance tests in a headless PhantomJS browser. It is effectively deprecated, with Cuprite recommended as the modern headless-Chrome-compatible replacement.
Use cases
- run capybara tests headlessly
- headless browser testing for ruby apps
- javascript acceptance testing with capybara
- test rails app without a visible browser
- replace rack_test driver with js support
When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Ruby test suite already using PhantomJS and Poltergeist
When to avoid
- starting a new project - use Cuprite or Selenium with headless Chrome instead
- you need a maintained, up-to-date browser engine
- you need modern JavaScript/CSS support
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
testing e2e-testing testing web-development developer-tools ruby windows capybara phantomjs headless-browser acceptance-testing deprecated macos linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/teampoltergeist/poltergeist · fetched 2026-08-28 · c7c35c6bca46
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| teampoltergeist/poltergeist | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="teampoltergeist/poltergeist")
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