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Karate: Effortless API Testing for Lean Startup Teams

Name: Karate: Effortless API Testing for Lean Startup Teams
Author: karatelabs

Simplify API and web service testing with a lightweight Java framework that enables faster development cycles and robust test coverage for technical founders.

8,873 stars2,031 forksJavaUpdated 6/2/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Karate simplifies testing of APIs and web services, making it easier to ensure your application works as expected

When to use it

•When you need to test APIs and web services quickly and reliably
•When you want to automate testing of your application's backend
•When you need to integrate testing into your continuous integration and deployment pipeline

Quick start

1Add the Karate dependency to your Java project
2Create a new Karate test class and define your test scenarios
3Use Karate's APIs to send requests and verify responses
4Run your tests using the Karate test runner

Ready-to-paste prompt

Feature: hello world
  Scenario: say hello
    * url 'https://httpbin.org/get'
    * method get
    * status 200

Topics

api-testing

assertions

automated-testing

automation

bdd

contract-testing

cucumber

developer-tools

load-testing

microservices

mock-server

test-automation

testing

testing-framework

testing-tools

webdriver

What's inside — free to inspect

No purchase needed

Read the entire source before you build — unlike paid marketplaces that hide it behind a buy button.

top-level files

folders

34.1M

repo size

MIT

license

Key files

README_V2.md

README.md

File tree

.devcontainer/

.github/

docs/

etc/

karate-core/

karate-gatling/

karate-image/

karate-js/

karate-js-test262/

karate-junit6/

.gitignore

CLAUDE.md

CONTRIBUTING.md

LICENSE

pom.xml

README_V2.md

README.md

SECURITY.md

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Creator

karatelabs

Language

Java

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