Gauge vs Robotium: What are the differences?

Gauge: Open source test automation tool that is simple and flexible to use, written in golang and completely hackable. Gauge is created by ThoughtWorks. Gauge let you write tests in plain-speak and refactor fearlessly. Gauge’s pluggable architecture allows you to customize your environment so you can write tests in the language and IDE of your choice; Robotium: *Android test automation framework *. It is an Android test automation framework that has full support for native and hybrid applications. It makes it easy to write powerful and robust automatic black-box UI tests for Android applications.

Gauge and Robotium can be primarily classified as "Mobile Test Automation" tools.

Some of the features offered by Gauge are:

• Simple Syntax: Write test specifications in Markdown and generate readable documentation in the format of your choice.
• Get Started Fast: Gauge is lightweight and easy to get started. Install and initialize with a single command.
• Your Environment Your Tools: Automate in your favourite programming language and work in the IDE of your choice, across platforms. Gauge supports C#, Java, Ruby, IntelliJ and Visual Studio out-of-the-box.

On the other hand, Robotium provides the following key features:

• Test Android apps, both native and hybrid
• Requires minimal knowledge of the application under test
• The framework handles multiple Android activities automatically

Gauge is an open source tool with 1.89K GitHub stars and 230 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Gauge's open source repository on GitHub.