# angular/protractor

E2E test framework for Angular apps

Repository: https://github.com/angular/protractor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/protractor
Homepage: http://www.protractortest.org
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: angular, javascript, selenium, node, test, webdriver, protractor, end-to-end
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-05-24T20:07:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4977, "days_push": 1197, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8665, forks 2250 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:24.101473+00:00)

## What it is
Protractor is an end-to-end test framework for Angular and AngularJS applications, built on top of WebDriverJS/Selenium. It runs tests against applications in a real browser, interacting with them as a user would.

## Use cases
- run e2e tests for angular apps
- automate browser testing with selenium webdriver
- test angularjs applications end to end
- simulate user interactions in a real browser
- write integration tests for web frontends

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy AngularJS or Angular project that already uses Protractor
- you need Angular-specific synchronization with pending HTTP requests and digest cycles in an existing codebase

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - Protractor reached end-of-life in August 2023 and is deprecated
- you want an actively maintained e2e framework - use Playwright or Cypress instead
- testing non-Angular applications where modern tooling is a better fit

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: e2e-testing, testing
- domain: testing, web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: angular, selenium, webdriver, deprecated, browser-automation, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- angular/protractor (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:24.101473+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 2026-08-29T17:25:38.052608+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/angular/protractor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:24.101473+00:00, sha fa372a95e748)
  - homepage: http://www.protractortest.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:18.549137+00:00, sha 16043f9e0a62)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/protractor (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:18.558175+00:00, sha f3682ee3e9bc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.