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The best Detox alternatives

3 tools that do a similar job to Detox, 3 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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Detox

Automated end-to-end test framework that runs tests on real mobile devices or simulators, mainly for React Nat

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    Mockito

    Open source · MIT · ★ 15.5k

    A Java library for creating fake test objects so unit tests can run in isolation.

    Best for: Java developers writing unit tests for classes with external dependencies; Teams that want a widely used, well-documented mocking library

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    Mocha

    Open source · MIT · ★ 22.9k

    A JavaScript test framework for running automated tests in Node.js and the browser.

    Best for: JavaScript and Node.js developers who want automated tests for their code; Teams maintaining browser-based JavaScript that needs tests run in a real browser

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    SeleniumBase

    Open source · MIT · ★ 13.2k

    Python framework for browser automation, testing, and scraping, with optional stealth browser features.

    Best for: Python developers writing automated browser tests for websites; People who already use Selenium or pytest and want a higher-level API

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Detox. We don't take payment for placement.