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ReportPortal vs Kiwi TCMS: open-source test management and reporting tools compared

Metrics as of , from the GitHub or GitLab API of each repository. Refreshed monthly.

Summary

ReportPortal: TestOps service that collects test results, logs and artifacts, with AI-based defect triage.

Kiwi TCMS: Open-source test management system for manual and automated testing, deployed as a Docker container.

Both are listed under Test management and reporting. The table gives repository metrics from the GitHub API with their fetch date, then the documented facts used for every comparison in this category, each linked to the README or docs page it comes from. A cell reads "not documented" when the fact was not found in the project's documentation; that does not mean the feature is absent.

Side by side

ReportPortal and Kiwi TCMS: metrics and documented facts, in the fixed row order used for test management and reporting comparisons.
FactReportPortalKiwi TCMS
Stars2,03111,2601
Forks50513631
Contributors431961
Last release2026-08-1412026-09-171
Last commit2026-08-1412026-09-221
Commits in 90 days1111211
LicenseApache-2.01GPL-2.01
Primary languageMakefile1Python1
Statusactive1active1
Framework integrationsJavaScript agents for Playwright, CucumberJS, CodeceptJS, WebdriverIO, Cypress, Mocha, Jest, Vitest, Nightwatch, Jasmine and others source: Docs: JavaScript integrationPlugins for JUnit 5, PHPUnit, Robot Framework, Django test runner and pytest; TAP and junit.xml file readers source: Docs: Automation Frameworks plugins
Languages for writing testsJava, JavaScript, .NET and Python test framework examples source: Docs: Test Framework IntegrationPython, Java and PHP automation plugins source: Docs: Automation Frameworks plugins
DeploymentSelf-hosted server installed with Docker or Kubernetes source: Docs: Installation StepsSelf-hosted containers: Docker Compose; Kubernetes with Helm source: Docs: Running Kiwi TCMS as a Docker container
CI integrationJenkins guide for passing parameters as system variables source: Docs: Tuning CI toolAutomation plugins read CI environment variables such as TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER or BUILD_NUMBER source: Docs: Automation Frameworks plugins
Report formatsLaunch report export as PDF, XLS or HTML source: Docs: Operations under launchesVisual reports in the web interface source: README
Install methodDocker Compose (docker compose -p reportportal up) source: READMEDocker Compose (docker compose up -d with the project's docker-compose.yml) source: Docs: Running Kiwi TCMS as a Docker container

1 Fetched from the GitHub or GitLab API on . Hover a value for its own date.

When each fits

Written from each project's documented scope, not from preference. Neither tool is ranked.

ReportPortal

Fits projects that collect automated test results from their test frameworks in a self-hosted service; its docs describe a system that listens for test framework events and visualizes test results. source: Docs: Test Framework Integration

Kiwi TCMS

Fits projects that manage manual and automated testing in one test management system; its README describes bug tracker integration, test automation framework plugins and visual reports. source: README

More on these tools

Sources

  1. GitHub REST API: repository, read
  2. GitHub REST API: repository, read
  3. GitHub REST API: contributors, read
  4. GitHub REST API: contributors, read
  5. GitHub REST API: latest release, read
  6. GitHub REST API: latest release, read
  7. GitHub REST API: commits, read
  8. GitHub REST API: commits, read
  9. Docs: JavaScript integration, read
  10. Docs: Automation Frameworks plugins, read
  11. Docs: Test Framework Integration, read
  12. Docs: Installation Steps, read
  13. Docs: Running Kiwi TCMS as a Docker container, read
  14. Docs: Tuning CI tool, read
  15. Docs: Operations under launches, read
  16. README, read
  17. README, read

Documented facts collected 2026-09-22. See the methodology for how metrics and facts are gathered.