Serenity BDD

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Runs on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows.

Serenity BDD is ranked #2 of 29 in BDD testing tools on The Geeks Club. It runs on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Serenity BDD Free Open source library; JUnit 4 support is deprecated and planned for removal in Serenity 6.0.0 serenity-bdd.github.io · 2 Oct 2026

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Gherkin support: Yes
Execution mode: local
Parallel execution: Yes
Browser testing: Yes
API access: Yes

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The record

What it does: Serenity BDD is an open source library for writing automated acceptance and regression tests and generating illustrated narrative reports as living documentation.
Testing types: The manual describes web testing with Selenium, REST API testing with RestAssured, Screenplay testing, and executable specifications with Cucumber.
Report detail: Serenity reports which requirements were tested and records step-by-step test details, with optional screenshots.
Playwright: Serenity Playwright supports Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit and provides interactive HTML reports, screenshots, and HTML snapshots for debugging failures.
Test design: Serenity Playwright supports Page Object and Screenplay approaches, with Screenplay organizing tests around actors, tasks, questions, and targets.
Test frameworks: The Maven guide recommends JUnit 5 or Cucumber, and says JUnit 4 support is deprecated as of Serenity 5.0.0 and will be removed in 6.0.0.
Build tools: The Playwright setup guide lists Java 17 or higher and Maven 3.8+ or Gradle as prerequisites.
CI integrations: The CI/CD guide covers GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and GitLab CI.
Cloud testing: Serenity provides a BrowserStack plugin and uses a RemoteDriver to connect tests to BrowserStack.
Cloud testing scale: The LambdaTest integration guide says users can extend test coverage across more than 3,000 real devices, browsers, and operating systems, and requires a LambdaTest account.
Security configuration: The CI/CD guide demonstrates storing API keys, usernames, and passwords in GitHub Actions secrets and passing them to test jobs as environment variables.
Support and community: The manual links to Gitter and Stack Overflow and offers links to Serenity Dojo training and personalised coaching.
Mobile coverage: The Playwright guide describes mobile emulation for testing responsive designs, and the manual includes a Mobile Testing with Serenity section.
Price from: Free

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Sources

serenity-bdd.github.io/docs/guide/user_guide_intro· checked 2 Oct 2026
serenity-bdd.github.io/docs/playwright/playwright_intro· checked 2 Oct 2026
serenity-bdd.github.io/docs/guide/maven· checked 2 Oct 2026
serenity-bdd.github.io/docs/playwright/playwright_getting_star· checked 2 Oct 2026
serenity-bdd.github.io/docs/tutorials/cicd-integration· checked 2 Oct 2026
serenity-bdd.github.io/docs/cloud/browserstack· checked 2 Oct 2026
serenity-bdd.github.io/docs/cloud/lambdatest· checked 2 Oct 2026