# SmartBear/soapui

SoapUI is a free and open source cross-platform functional testing solution for APIs and web services.

Repository: https://github.com/SmartBear/soapui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/soapui
Homepage: http://www.soapui.org
Language: Java
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: open-source, on-prem, soapui-oss
Last push: 2026-06-08T13:49:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 86, release rhythm 54, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5169, "days_push": 86, "days_rel": 92, "gap_med": 210, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1705, forks 633 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:24.826872+00:00)

## What it is
SoapUI is a free, open-source, cross-platform desktop application for functional testing of SOAP and REST APIs and web services. It supports test creation with assertions, mock services, load testing, and command-line runners for CI integration.

## Use cases
- test SOAP web services from a WSDL
- send REST API requests and validate responses
- create mock services to simulate APIs under development
- run API functional tests in CI pipelines via Maven plugin or CLI
- perform basic load testing on API endpoints
- validate WS-Security and WS-I compliance of SOAP services

## When to choose
- you need a GUI tool for ad-hoc testing of SOAP/WSDL or REST services
- you want to generate requests and assertions automatically from a WSDL or WADL
- you need free API mocking and basic functional testing without a commercial license

## When to avoid
- you need advanced security, load, or service virtualization features reserved for the commercial ReadyAPI product
- you prefer code-first API tests written in a programming language rather than a GUI tool
- you need a lightweight headless-only solution without a desktop application

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: testing, e2e-testing, http-client, mock-api, benchmarking, cli
- domain: testing, apis, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: cross-platform, jvm, cli
- tags: api-testing, soap, rest, wsdl, openapi, mock-services, load-testing, security-testing, ci-cd

## Member repositories
- SmartBear/soapui (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.826872+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 2026-08-30T03:37:31.173995+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SmartBear/soapui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.826872+00:00, sha 7aac5bf97a8f)
  - homepage: http://www.soapui.org (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:43.784822+00:00, sha 4b3561ad818e)
  - site_page: https://www.soapui.org/docs/soap-and-wsdl (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:43.795657+00:00, sha 3db9a2fbf558)
  - site_page: https://www.soapui.org/docs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:43.797347+00:00, sha dcbb327a6598)
  - site_page: https://www.soapui.org/docs/rest-testing (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:43.798825+00:00, sha 918958b361b4)
  - site_page: https://www.soapui.org/docs/rest-mocking/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:43.800570+00:00, sha 031f1ea8fdde)
  - site_page: https://www.soapui.org/downloads/latest-release (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:43.793830+00:00, sha 5d0281f07a87)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.