TestRetus

TestRetus is a software testing framework designed to automate functional and regression testing across web, mobile, and API services. It emphasizes readability and maintainability through a modular architecture and high-level scripting. The framework supports multiple testing paradigms, including data-driven, keyword-driven, and behavior-driven approaches, and provides tooling for organizing tests into reusable components such as pages, services, and utilities.

Key features include a test runner with parallel execution, a flexible assertion library, and automatic report generation. TestRetus supports the page-object pattern to model user interfaces, as well as hooks for setup and teardown. It can be extended with plugins and bindings for several programming languages, enabling teams to write tests in their language of choice while maintaining a common framework.

Architecture centers on tests, test suites, actions, and assertions, with an abstraction layer that separates test logic from the application under test. It offers a simple domain-specific language for test definitions and exposes an API for integrating with continuous integration and deployment pipelines.

History and adoption: TestRetus originated as an internal project and was released publicly to encourage community contributions. Documentation and community-provided plugins have helped drive its adoption in small to mid-size organizations.

See also: Automated testing, test automation, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress.