Re:Maestro – Next Generation Mobile UI Automation
by stephan-qa on Saturday March 01, 2025 @08:33PM
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Hey folks, Stephan here, cofounder of https://www.repeato.app! Not here to hijack the thread, but if you're looking for the right test automation tool for your specific use case, this might be relevant.
Repeato is a no-code/low-code mobile & web test automation tool that runs locally or in the cloud. You can record tests, tweak them via UI, and for more complex stuff (loops, API calls, file handling, etc.), there’s JavaScript support. Everything is stored in JSON and JPG/PNG — easy to version or sync to the cloud.
What makes Repeato stand out? A "computer vision first" approach. Instead of just relying on IDs/XPath/etc, it also uses visual fingerprints to find UI elements. This helps to reduce common flakiness sources like overlaid elements, unclickable buttons or screen animations. Of course, AI vision is baked in as well [1].
We also offer a headless test runner that can run locally or in the cloud [2].
Big shoutout to the Maestro team for open-sourcing so much! We’ve made some small contributions ([3][4][...]) and are working towards bigger ones — but we are a small bootstrapped startup, so we will need a bit more time to get things in shape first.
Repeato is a no-code/low-code mobile & web test automation tool that runs locally or in the cloud. You can record tests, tweak them via UI, and for more complex stuff (loops, API calls, file handling, etc.), there’s JavaScript support. Everything is stored in JSON and JPG/PNG — easy to version or sync to the cloud.
What makes Repeato stand out? A "computer vision first" approach. Instead of just relying on IDs/XPath/etc, it also uses visual fingerprints to find UI elements. This helps to reduce common flakiness sources like overlaid elements, unclickable buttons or screen animations. Of course, AI vision is baked in as well [1].
We also offer a headless test runner that can run locally or in the cloud [2].
Big shoutout to the Maestro team for open-sourcing so much! We’ve made some small contributions ([3][4][...]) and are working towards bigger ones — but we are a small bootstrapped startup, so we will need a bit more time to get things in shape first.
Happy to answer any questions!
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TbXSNOqlAk [2] https://www.npmjs.com/package/@repeato/cli-testrunner [3] https://github.com/repeato-qa/ios-connector/ [4] https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-native-ocr