Appium alternatives: 8 open-source mobile automation tools
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About Appium
Appium is a listed mobile automation tool: WebDriver-based automation framework for mobile, desktop and IoT apps, extended through platform drivers, client libraries and plugins.
Order: Listed tools in the same category, with tools in the same primary language (GitHub API) first, then by GitHub stars. Each line gives one fact from the tool's own documentation where it differs from what Appium's documentation states, with its source.
8 alternatives to Appium
WebdriverIO: Languages for writing tests: Node.js. source: README
Appium UiAutomator2 Driver: Languages for writing tests: Appium client code; README examples in Java, JavaScript (WebdriverIO), Python, Ruby, C#. source: README
Maestro: Languages for writing tests: YAML flow files. source: README
Detox: Languages for writing tests: JavaScript. source: README
EarlGrey: Languages for writing tests: Swift (3.0 and 2.3) and Objective-C test targets. source: Docs: Install and Run
WebDriverAgent: Mobile platforms: iOS and tvOS, on devices and simulators. source: README
Patrol: Languages for writing tests: Dart (Flutter tests). source: Docs: Write your first test
AndroidX Test: Languages for writing tests: JUnit 4 tests; runner docs show Kotlin and Java samples. source: Docs: AndroidJUnitRunner
Repository metrics
| Appium | 21,9961 | 2026-08-241@appium/docutils@3.0.0 | 2026-09-221 | Apache-2.0 | TypeScript | active |
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| Maestro | 15,7521 | 2026-08-311cli-2.10.0 | 2026-09-181 | Apache-2.0 | Kotlin | active |
| Detox | 12,0271 | 2026-05-30120.51.3 | 2026-06-161 | MIT | JavaScript | slow |
| WebdriverIO | 9,8401 | 2026-09-201v9.32.0 | 2026-09-221 | MIT | TypeScript | active |
| EarlGrey | 5,7001 | 2022-06-0712.2.2 | 2023-09-091 | Apache-2.0 | Objective-C | inactive |
| WebDriverAgent | 1,7931 | 2026-09-211v16.12.10 | 2026-09-211 | BSD-3-Clause | Objective-C | active |
| Patrol | 1,4331 | 2026-09-201patrol-v4.11.0-dev.1 | 2026-09-171 | Apache-2.0 | Dart | active |
| AndroidX Test | 1,2241 | 2024-06-261axt_06_24_2024 | 2026-09-221 | Apache-2.0 | Java | active |
| Appium UiAutomator2 Driver | 8821 | 2026-09-141v8.7.0 | 2026-09-141 | Apache-2.0 | TypeScript | active |
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