What is Cypress.io?
Cypress is a front end automated testing tool, created for the modern web. It aims to provide better, faster, and more reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser.
Built on an entirely new architecture, Cypress runs in the same run-loop as the application being tested - and it works on any front-end framework or website.The vendor states the open source Cypress App handles modern JavaScript frameworks especially well.
The Cypress Dashboard is an optional web-based SaaS companion to the App. It records tests run in continuous integration and has parallelization and load balancing built in. The Dashboard also provides unprecedented insights for developers to understand failures, share results with their team and optimize test runs.
Built on an entirely new architecture, Cypress runs in the same run-loop as the application being tested - and it works on any front-end framework or website.The vendor states the open source Cypress App handles modern JavaScript frameworks especially well.
The Cypress Dashboard is an optional web-based SaaS companion to the App. It records tests run in continuous integration and has parallelization and load balancing built in. The Dashboard also provides unprecedented insights for developers to understand failures, share results with their team and optimize test runs.
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What is Cypress.io?
Cypress (or Cypress.io, also the name of the company in Atlanta that develops the tool) is a testing tool with the capability to run tests across multiple browsers, that aims to make setting up, writing, running and debugging tests easy.
What are Cypress.io's top competitors?
Selenium and Protractor are common alternatives for Cypress.io.




