# selenide/selenide

Concise UI Tests with Java!

Repository: https://github.com/selenide/selenide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/selenide
Homepage: http://selenide.org
Language: Java
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-24T08:06:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5321, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 19, "n_releases_24m": 32}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1909, forks 603 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:53.034178+00:00)

## What it is
Selenide is a Java framework for writing concise, easy-to-read and easy-to-maintain automated UI tests, powered by Selenium WebDriver. It provides a fluent API, natural language assertions, automatic browser lifecycle management, screenshots, reports, and built-in handling of AJAX-based applications so testers can focus on business logic.

## Use cases
- write automated browser UI tests in Java
- replace verbose Selenium WebDriver boilerplate with a concise fluent API
- test ajax-heavy web applications without flaky timeout handling
- run acceptance and functional tests for web UIs
- test mobile applications via the selenide-appium plugin
- run tests in Selenium Grid or Selenoid containers
- automatically capture screenshots and generate reports on test failures

## When to choose
- your team writes UI tests in Java on the JVM and wants stable, readable tests with minimal boilerplate
- you need automatic browser management, screenshots, and reports out of the box
- you want built-in waiting for AJAX and protection against StaleElement exceptions
- you need to test mobile apps or run against Selenium Grid/Selenoid with official plugins

## When to avoid
- you need end-to-end tests in a language other than Java or the JVM ecosystem
- you only need API/backend testing without a browser UI
- you prefer writing tests directly against raw Selenium WebDriver with full low-level control
- your project is not JVM-based and cannot use Maven/Gradle dependencies

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: testing, e2e-testing, web-framework
- domain: testing, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: jvm, cross-platform, browser
- tags: selenium-wrapper, ui-test-automation, fluent-api, browser-testing, acceptance-testing, page-objects, mobile-testing, appium, screenshot-on-failure, test-reports, ajax-waiting, java-testing, automation

## Member repositories
- selenide/selenide (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:53.034178+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 2026-08-30T03:11:09.800639+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/selenide/selenide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:53.034178+00:00, sha 8ef98766fda3)
  - homepage: http://selenide.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:50:09.523274+00:00, sha 0cd3fc5b5369)
  - site_page: https://selenide.org/documentation.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:50:09.526899+00:00, sha d25dd507ff1d)
  - site_page: https://selenide.org/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:50:09.528998+00:00, sha 18407e7d0dd9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.