GUI testing tools serve the purpose of automating the testing process of software with graphical user interfaces.
Open Source GUI testing tools
- AutoHotkey
- Appium is a automated functional testing tool for mobile apps.
- CubicTest is a graphical Eclipse plug-in for writing Selenium and Watir tests.
- Dogtail by Red Hat
- Dojo Objective Harness is a Web UI testing framework from Dojo, similar to Selenium.
- Jemmy java GUI testing tool used on Netbeans project. Can be used on Swing, SWT or JavaFX GUIs.
- Linux Desktop Testing Project by freedesktop.org (Cross platform GUI testing)
- Maveryx is an automated functional testing, regression testing, GUI testing and data-driven testing tool.
- QAliber by QAlibers, free open source for testing applications and web over windows OS
- Selenium for Web UI testing
- Sikuli for testing any GUI based upon screenshots
- SWTBot functional testing of SWT and Eclipse based applications
- Robot Framework via Selenium, Sikuli and other Libraries
- Watir browser driver for web UI testing
- Xnee Recorder and replayer for X Window System
Proprietary GUI testing tools
- AutoIt Microsoft Windows GUI Testing. Free of charge but not open source.
- eggPlant by TestPlant Ltd
- GUIdancer by Bredex, for Java (Swing, RCP/SWT, GEF) and HTML
- HP QuickTest Professional by Hewlett-Packard (formerly by Mercury Interactive)
- HP WinRunner by Hewlett-Packard (formerly by Mercury Interactive)
- IBM Rational Functional Tester by IBM
- IcuTest GUI unit testing for WPF
- Infragistics TestAdvantage
- iMacros
- Java (programming language) has the java.awt.Robot class for automated GUI testing
- Microsoft Windows SDK includes optional stand-alone install of Object Inspector (Inspect32) for Microsoft Active Accessibility API Inspection test. Free of charge as part of SDK but not open source.
- Microsoft Visual Studio includes the Coded UI Tests feature which allows you to write unit tests for GUI based applications (Only Ultimate and Enterprise versions).
- QF-Test by Quality First Software, for Java/Swing, Eclipse/SWT and HTML only
- Ranorex automated testing software for web, desktop and mobile apps
- RIATest for Flex
- SilkTest by Micro Focus International (formerly by Segue Software then Borland)
- Soatest (absorbed WebKing starting in version 6.0) by Parasoft
- Squish, object-based cross-platform, cross-GUI-technology testing
- Test Automation FX Windows UI testing with Visual Studio
- TestComplete by SmartBear Software
- Testing Anywhere by Automation Anywhere
- TestPartner by Micro Focus
- TOSCA Testsuite by TRICENTIS Technology & Consulting
- Twist by Thoughtworks
