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Cross-platform test automation tool
| Gauge | |
|---|---|
| Developer | ThoughtWorks |
| Stable release | 1.6.20  / 7 August 2025; 2 months ago (7 August 2025) |
| Repository | github.com/getgauge/gauge |
| Written in | Go |
| Operating system | Platform-independent |
| Type | Test automation tool |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Website | gauge.org |
Gauge is a light weight cross-platform test automation tool. It uses markdown to author test cases and scenarios. Its modular architecture makes it flexible and scalable.
Gauge specifications[1] are written in the business language. For example,
Find movies playing near me
The System Under Test in this example is a web application to find and book movie tickets
Search for movies
- Specify location as "Bangalore"
- Search for movie "Star Wars"
- Verify that "INOX" is playing "Star Wars" at "7:30 pm"
Book movie ticket
- Sign up with email address user@example.com
- Complete the verification
- Select location as "Bangalore", the movie "Star Wars" and "3" seats
- Confirm and pay
- Verify the "e-ticket" has been sent to the registered email.
This Gauge specification describes a feature of the System Under Test. The scenarios[2] Search for movies and Book movie ticket represent a flow in this specification. Steps[3] are executable parts of a specification.
Specifications in Markdown abstracts code behind the steps.
For example, the step Specify location as "Bangalore" implementation in Java would look like
// This Method can be written in any java class as long as it is in classpath.
public class StepImplementation { @Step("Specify location as ") public void helloWorld(String location) { // Step implementation } }
Gauge has Support for writing test code in:
The Community contributed language runners are:
Gauge tests can be executed from the command line[4] or the supported IDEs.[5]
The default command gauge specs run the tests sequentially.
The command gauge -p specs will execute the tests in Parallel.
Gauge gives comprehensive test reports[6] that provides the required details of a given run.
Gauge's IDE support[5] helps to write and maintain the test suite.
- ^ "Long Start – Gauge 0.8.3 documentation". Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- ^ "Long Start – Gauge 0.8.3 documentation". Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- ^ "Long Start – Gauge 0.8.3 documentation". Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- ^ "Using Gauge – Gauge 0.8.3 documentation". Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- ^ a b "Using Gauge – Gauge 0.8.3 documentation". Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- ^ "Reports – Gauge 0.8.3 documentation". Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.