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Cypress

Fast, easy and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/cypress-io/cypress · homepage · TypeScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

99/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 99
  • Longevity 100
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: 13
  • age_days: 4201
  • days_rel: 8
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 56

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

51001 stars · 3647 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Cypress is an open-source end-to-end and component testing framework for anything that runs in a browser, built in TypeScript. It ships a test runner with a GUI, CLI, Docker images, a GitHub Action, and optional Cypress Cloud services for running and analyzing tests.

Use cases

  • run end-to-end tests for a web app in a real browser
  • test React, Angular, Vue, or Svelte components
  • add browser tests to a CI pipeline with GitHub Actions
  • run tests in Docker containers
  • debug flaky browser tests with time-travel and test replay
  • write integration tests for a frontend SPA

When to choose

  • you need fast, reliable browser-based E2E or component tests with a good developer experience
  • you want built-in time travel, automatic waiting, and an interactive test runner
  • your team uses JavaScript/TypeScript and npm-based tooling

When to avoid

  • you need to test native mobile or desktop applications
  • you require testing outside a browser or across multiple browser tabs/domains with complex setups
  • you prefer a free, fully open-source cloud test distribution without paid services

Facets

framework · maturity stable

testing e2e-testing developer-tools ci-cd testing web-development frontend developer-tools cross-platform windows browser cli browser-testing component-testing test-runner cypress-cloud test-replay typescript macos linux nodejs docker

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