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ReportPortal vs TestLink: 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.

TestLink: Web-based PHP system for managing test cases, test plans, requirements and execution results.

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 (4 of 12 fact cells here); that does not mean the feature is absent.

Side by side

ReportPortal and TestLink: metrics and documented facts, in the fixed row order used for test management and reporting comparisons.
FactReportPortalTestLink
Stars2,03111,6151
Forks50516311
Contributors431861
Last release2026-08-1412018-09-251
Last commit2026-08-1412025-12-081
Commits in 90 days11101
LicenseApache-2.01GPL-2.01
Primary languageMakefile1PHP1
Statusactive1slow1
Framework integrationsJavaScript agents for Playwright, CucumberJS, CodeceptJS, WebdriverIO, Cypress, Mocha, Jest, Vitest, Nightwatch, Jasmine and others source: Docs: JavaScript integrationnot documentednot found in the project's documentation as of
Languages for writing testsJava, JavaScript, .NET and Python test framework examples source: Docs: Test Framework Integrationnot documentednot found in the project's documentation as of
DeploymentSelf-hosted server installed with Docker or Kubernetes source: Docs: Installation StepsSelf-hosted web application (PHP with MySQL or Postgres) source: README
CI integrationJenkins guide for passing parameters as system variables source: Docs: Tuning CI toolnot documentednot found in the project's documentation as of
Report formatsLaunch report export as PDF, XLS or HTML source: Docs: Operations under launchesnot documentednot found in the project's documentation as of
Install methodDocker Compose (docker compose -p reportportal up) source: READMEArchive copied to a web server plus the web-based installer; container setup in README.containers.md source: README

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

TestLink

Fits projects that manage test cases, test plans and test results in a web application; its README describes a repository for requirements and test cases related to builds, platforms and staff. 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: tags, read
  7. GitHub REST API: commits, read
  8. GitHub REST API: commits, read
  9. Docs: JavaScript integration, read
  10. Docs: Test Framework Integration, read
  11. Docs: Installation Steps, read
  12. README, read
  13. Docs: Tuning CI tool, read
  14. Docs: Operations under launches, read
  15. README, read

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