Macaca

Macaca is an open-source automation solution for multi-platform.

Macaca Core

At its core, Macaca is an end-to-end test automation framework consisting of clients, servers and drivers.

Client

Macaca doesn't limit what languages you will use to write your tests. You can choose to write your tests in Node.js, Java or Python, using respective clients:

Node.js client - macaca-wd
Java client - wd.java
Python client - wd.py

Server

Macaca's core is a REST API web server. It connects with clients, listens for requesting, and executes request commands on a mobile device, and a desktop browser, responses with results conforming HTTP response protocol.

The beauty of a client/server architecture is that REST API and W3C WebDriver Wire Protocol opens the opportunities that test codes can be written any common languages, as long as it has a http client API. On the other hand, the server can be on a different machine, or in cloud.

Driver

Macaca is "cross-platform". It means you can use the same API to write test scripts, and same test scripts to test your apps running on devices such as iOS, Android or desktops. To achieve this, we have drivers for different platforms:

Macaca's iOS WebDriver is written in Swift and built in-house.
Macaca's Android WebDriver is built in-house, and supports Android UIAutomator 2.0.

Macaca supports major browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari. It also supports electron environment.

Native, Mobile, Hybrid

Native means apps written with iOS or android SDKs.
Mobile web means apps written in HTML, CSS and JavaScript and displayed via a mobile device browser such as Safari, Chrome or Webview in iOS and android.
Hybrid is apps created by webview in native app.
Web means apps written in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.