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Karate

Test Automation Made Simple

From karatelabs·Updated June 18, 2026·View on GitHub·

**The open-source tool that combines API testing, mocks, performance testing, and UI automation into a single, unified framework.** The project is written primarily in Java, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2017. It has gained significant community traction with 8,881 stars and 2,035 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: api-testing, assertions, automated-testing, automation, bdd.

Latest release: v2.1.0
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Karate

The open-source tool that combines API testing, mocks, performance testing, and UI automation into a single, unified framework.

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github.com/karatelabs/karate/tree/v1.5.2.RC2

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</details> <details> <summary>Karate v2 development notes</summary>

See README_V2.md for v2 module descriptions, feature highlights, and migration notes.

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