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Karate DSL

Unified API, UI and AI test automation

Ranked #1 in Open-source API testing tools, and on 1 more ranking.

Karate DSL is a software at 77479, Sugar Land, US.

Karate DSL is an open-source testing engine for API, UI and performance scenarios. It offers AI-native test automation that can be self-hosted within your own infrastructure.

Official website

At a glance

Address	77479, Sugar Land, US
Best for	engineering teams modernising manual regression

From Karate DSL's own website.

Company facts

Founded	2016
Headquarters	Sugar Land, US
Social profiles	LinkedIn, X, YouTube, GitHub

Facilities and features

Its website also mentions:

Published pricing
Free plan
API
Integrations

What stands out

The product allows developers to write significantly less test code while running in any CI environment.

“Write 60% less test code , run it in any CI, and drive the browser with any LLM you host, DOM-first, MCP-native, self-hosted.”Karate DSL, own website

The product ensures all components run on your own machines with no data leaving your network.

“Every product runs on your own machines. Nothing is hosted, nothing phones home.”Karate DSL, own website

Worth knowing

The product requires a paid commercial licence for runtime execution of async protocol tests in CI/CD pipelines.

“* Dev-time license. Runtime license requires Enterprise.”Karate DSL, own website

How it ranks

Karate DSL is ranked 1st of 10 in Open-source API testing tools (Lister Score 96.0) and 2nd of 10 in Best API testing tools (Lister Score 96.0).

#1 in Open-source API testing tools · Lister Score 96.0

Karate DSL is an open-source testing engine for API, UI and performance scenarios.

Built for engineering teams modernising manual regression.

How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 20; buying information on its own site 16.

“Unified framework for API, UI, mocks, and performance tests”Karate DSL, own website

“The MIT engine. Open source MIT, free forever”Karate DSL, own website

Rank	Open-source API testing tools	Score
1	Karate DSL	96.0
2	Insomnia	92.0
3	BrowserStack	90.0
4	Kong	90.0
5	Bruno	88.0
6	SoapUI	88.0
7	Hoppscotch	80.0
8	HTTPie	80.0
9	Cubenest	78.0
10	Rest-Assured	74.0

#2 in Best API testing tools · Lister Score 96.0

Karate DSL is an open-source testing engine for API, UI and performance scenarios.

How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 20; buying information on its own site 16.