FitNesse

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Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on api, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows.

FitNesse is ranked #5 of 29 in BDD testing tools on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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FitNesse Free Open source project · no commercial plans or limits stated fitnesse.org · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on BDD testing tools

Free plan: Yes
Gherkin support: Yes
Execution mode: local
Browser testing: Yes
API access: Yes

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The record

Purpose: FitNesse is an acceptance-test wiki for specifying and verifying application acceptance criteria.
Collaboration: Its wiki lets software delivery stakeholders document requirements and verify them against the application.
Editing: Pages can be edited in a browser using wiki syntax or a rich-text editor.
Test feedback: The site says tests can be run manually or automatically by anyone with web access to the server.
Setup: FitNesse is distributed as a Java jar and can run on a machine or server; wiki pages are stored as files.
Runtime requirement: The download page lists Java 11, 17, and 21 as supported versions.
Language support: The core is written in Java and extensions allow testing in other languages and environments.
Integrations: The plugins page lists extensions for Maven, Ivy, Gradle, Git, Selenium, and REST service testing.
Security: Page security can separately restrict reading, writing, and testing, and all three protections are disabled by default.
Network security: The documentation describes SSL configuration for browser-to-wiki and test-system-to-application communication, with the latter limited to the SLIM Java client.
License: FitNesse is released under the Common Public License version 1.0.
History: The user guide says FitNesse started as an HTML and wiki front end to FIT in 2001.
Acceptance testing: FitNesse is a tool for specifying and verifying application acceptance criteria and keeping documentation aligned with software behavior.
Executable specifications: Wiki pages can be run as tests against an application to check expected results and catch regressions.
Price from: Free

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Sources

fitnesse.org/FitNesse/UserGuide.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
fitnesse.org/FitNesse/UserGuide/AcceptanceTests.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
fitnesse.org/FitNesseFeatures.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
fitnesse.org/FitNesseDownload.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
fitnesse.org/PlugIns.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
fitnesse.org/FitNesse/UserGuide/AdministeringFitNess· checked 4 Oct 2026
fitnesse.org/FitNesse/UserGuide/AdministeringFitNess· checked 4 Oct 2026
fitnesse.org/FitNesse/ComponentsAndLicenses.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
fitnesse.org· checked 4 Oct 2026
fitnesse.org/FitNesse/UserGuide/WritingAcceptanceTes· checked 4 Oct 2026