# intuit/karate

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8,879 stars · 2,035 forks · Java · MIT

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/intuit/karate
- Homepage: https://docs.karatelabs.io
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/intuit-karate.md

## Description

Karate is an end-to-end testing framework and API test automation tool used to validate REST and SOAP APIs, drive browser interactions, and measure system performance. It functions as a unified solution for executing automated tests across both API backends and web frontends.

The framework utilizes a custom domain specific language and Gherkin-style feature mapping to define requests and assertions. It includes an API mocking server to simulate backend responses, enabling development and integration testing without live dependencies.

The tool covers a broad range of functional testing categories, including browser automation for UI component and workflow verification, as well as load testing to measure service stability under high-volume traffic. These capabilities are integrated into a single engine that handles both network requests and browser sequences.

## Tags

### Testing & Quality Assurance

- [End-to-End Testing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/software-testing/e2e-integration-testing/end-to-end-testing.md) — Provides a unified engine that executes both network requests and browser automation for complete end-to-end testing.
- [API Mocking](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/api-network-testing/api-mocking.md) — Includes a built-in mocking server to simulate backend responses for isolated development and integration testing. ([source](https://github.com/intuit/karate#readme))
- [API Testing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/api-network-testing/api-testing.md) — Provides a comprehensive framework for validating the functionality and integration of REST and SOAP APIs. ([source](https://github.com/intuit/karate#readme))
- [Browser Automation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/automation-interaction-tools/browser-automation.md) — Provides an engine for programmatically driving web browsers to verify multi-step user workflows.
- [BDD Specification Mappings](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/bdd-specification-mappings.md) — Maps test scenarios to feature files using a structured syntax for human-readable automation specifications.
- [API Testing Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/software-testing/api-protocol-testing/api-testing-frameworks.md) — Offers a unified environment for scripting and executing automated tests for REST and SOAP APIs.
- [Automated End-to-End Testing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/software-testing/testing-frameworks/end-to-end-testing-suites/automated-end-to-end-testing.md) — Automates complex user flows and interface interactions across browser environments to verify functional paths. ([source](https://github.com/intuit/karate#readme))
- [End-to-End Testing Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/software-testing/testing-frameworks/end-to-end-testing-suites/end-to-end-testing-frameworks.md) — Delivers a comprehensive solution for validating full user journeys across both API backends and web frontends.
- [HTTP Load Testing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/http-load-testing.md) — Generates high volumes of HTTP requests to measure the performance and stability of web services. ([source](https://github.com/intuit/karate#readme))
- [Performance Testing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/performance-testing-analysis/performance-testing.md) — Executes high-volume traffic scenarios to measure the stability and load capacity of API services.
- [Performance Testing Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/software-testing/testing-frameworks/test-frameworks/performance-testing-frameworks.md) — Provides a framework to measure system scalability and stability through high-volume scripted network requests.

### Web Development

- [API Mocking Servers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/api-mocking-servers.md) — Ships a mocking server that simulates backend responses to enable frontend testing without live dependencies.
- [API Response Validation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/rest-apis/api-response-validation.md) — Implements a unified syntax for validating API responses against expected headers, bodies, and status codes. ([source](https://github.com/intuit/karate#readme))

### Development Tools & Productivity

- [Test Step Variable Propagation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/cross-command-variable-sharing/test-step-variable-propagation.md) — Shares data between consecutive test steps by storing response values in a shared memory context.

### Networking & Communication

- [API Response Simulators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/network-traffic-processors/api-response-simulators.md) — Intercepts network calls and returns predefined responses to simulate various backend server scenarios.

### Programming Languages & Runtimes

- [Testing Specifications](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/domain-specific-languages/testing-specifications.md) — Uses a custom domain-specific language to define API requests and assertions in a human-readable format.

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Testing Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/testing-frameworks.md) — DSL for API test-automation, mocking, and performance testing.