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Ghost Inspector

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What is Ghost Inspector?

It lets you create and manage UI tests that check specific functionality in your website or application. We execute these automated browser tests continuously from the cloud and alert you if anything breaks.
Ghost Inspector is a tool in the In-Browser Testing category of a tech stack.
Ghost Inspector is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Ghost Inspector's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Ghost Inspector?

Companies
25 companies reportedly use Ghost Inspector in their tech stacks, including FISPAN, POP is putting People on Productions, and AppsFlyer.

Developers
39 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Ghost Inspector.

Ghost Inspector Integrations

GitHub, Slack, Jenkins, Heroku, and Travis CI are some of the popular tools that integrate with Ghost Inspector. Here's a list of all 12 tools that integrate with Ghost Inspector.
Pros of Ghost Inspector
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No code required
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Runscope integration
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Simple test editor
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Screenshot comparison
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Videos of every test run
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Primarily focus on functional testing
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Easy to use API enables remote control
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Data-Driven testing
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Minimal effort to migrate to another tool like Selenium
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Partials and Variables enable fast test creation
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30-40 in-parallel tests for cheap
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Detailed Documentation
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Supports end to end testing with Runscope
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Extensive Integrations available
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Scheduling tests
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Licensed but cheaper compared to other tools
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Email notification and Alerts
Decisions about Ghost Inspector

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Ghost Inspector in their tech stack.

Hi Team, I am looking for a tool to best work on visual test automation - Just to capture screenshots each day and compare on the pre-production site.

Currently, I am evaluating Percy, Ghost Inspector, and Applitools (no doubt Applitools is great with its comparison mechanism but cost-wise it's a bit on the higher end at the moment). Could you please let me know which one will be the best tool for visual comparisons?

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Chris Slater
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Hi there, what tool would you recommend for screenshot comparison tool for Drupal sites? I'm leaning towards Percy as it does everything we need (i.e screenshot comparison only), but want to make sure I make the right choice and don't miss out on anything by choosing it over Ghost Inspector.

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Ghost Inspector's Features

  • Automated browser testing from the cloud
  • Chrome extension for test recording
  • GUI editor for test building and editing
  • Screenshot comparison for catching display issues
  • API for integration into your CI setup
  • Selenium test export option

Ghost Inspector Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Ghost Inspector?
BrowserStack
BrowserStack is the leading test platform built for developers & QAs to expand test coverage, scale & optimize testing with cross-browser, real device cloud, accessibility, visual testing, test management, and test observability.
Selenium
Selenium automates browsers. That's it! What you do with that power is entirely up to you. Primarily, it is for automating web applications for testing purposes, but is certainly not limited to just that. Boring web-based administration tasks can (and should!) also be automated as well.
Cypress
Cypress is a front end automated testing application created for the modern web. Cypress is built on a new architecture and runs in the same run-loop as the application being tested. As a result Cypress provides better, faster, and more reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser. Cypress works on any front-end framework or website.
Jest
Jest provides you with multiple layers on top of Jasmine.
Mocha
Mocha is a feature-rich JavaScript test framework running on node.js and the browser, making asynchronous testing simple and fun. Mocha tests run serially, allowing for flexible and accurate reporting, while mapping uncaught exceptions to the correct test cases.
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Ghost Inspector's Followers
115 developers follow Ghost Inspector to keep up with related blogs and decisions.