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Nightwatch is an integrated testing framework powered by Node.js and using the W3C Webdriver API. It is the complete testing solution, developed at BrowserStack.

Nightwatch is trusted by thousands of software teams around the world since 2014 and it is used for:

☑️ End-to-end testing of web applications and websites
☑️ Component testing in isolation (Storybook / React / Vue / Vite)
☑️ Mobile app testing (since in v2.6 ✨)
☑️ API testing with Supertest
☑️ Unit testing of Node.js projects and libraries

⚙️ Get started with Nightwatch in 60 seconds

# from your existing project's root dir
$ npm init nightwatch@latest

# if you want to initialize a new project
$ npm init nightwatch@latest path/to/new/project

Nightwatch Examples

For various Nightwatch samples and boilerplate projects, check out the Nightwatch Community.

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Integrated end-to-end testing framework written in Node.js and using W3C Webdriver API. Developed at @browserstack

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Nightwatch plugin which adds support for React component testing using the Vite dev server. Requires Nightwatch 2.3+

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nightwatch-plugin-apitesting nightwatch-plugin-apitesting Public

Run API tests in Nightwatch using supertest

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nightwatch-plugin-vue nightwatch-plugin-vue Public

Nightwatch plugin which adds support for Vue component testing using the Vite dev server. Requires Nightwatch 2.3+

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mobile-helper-tool mobile-helper-tool Public

Easily setup a fully-functional Android Emulator and iOS Simulator environment.

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Official @nightwatchjs plugin to integrate with Browserstack Local

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Official @nightwatchjs plugin to integrate with Browserstack Local

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Source for https://nightwatchjs.org website

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Integrated end-to-end testing framework written in Node.js and using W3C Webdriver API. Developed at @browserstack

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JavaScript 11,953 MIT 1,397 264 (1 issue needs help) 73 Updated May 25, 2026
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Tools used to setup Nightwatch

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Easily setup a fully-functional Android Emulator and iOS Simulator environment.

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create-nightwatch Public
Nightwatch.js init command tool to setup everything up in no time using `npm init nightwatch`

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Nightwatch Selector Playground that allows you to tests command directly from the browser

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Nightwatch plugin which adds support for Vue component testing using the Vite dev server. Requires Nightwatch 2.3+

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JavaScript 3 MIT 6 2 2 Updated Sep 24, 2024
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Nightwatch plugin which adds support for React component testing using the Vite dev server. Requires Nightwatch 2.3+

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