Appium Desktop is an app for Mac, Windows, and Linux which gives you the power of the Appium automation server in a beautiful and flexible UI. It is basically a graphical interface for the Appium Server. You can set options, start/stop the server, see logs, etc... You also don't need to use Node/NPM to install Appium, as the Node runtime comes bundled with Appium Desktop. If you're on Windows or macOS, Appium Desktop will automatically provide you with updated versions of the app when they are released. If you encounter a problem updating, simply delete or uninstall the app and re-download the latest. Note that Appium Desktop is not the same thing as Appium. Appium Desktop is a graphical frontend to Appium with additional tools. Appium Desktop is released on its own cadence and has its own versioning system. If you are reporting an issue with Appium Desktop, always be sure to include both the version of Appium Desktop and the version of the Appium Server which is in use.
Features
- This app provides a convenient way to download and run the Appium automation server
- A tool for inspecting elements in Chrome/Safari browser and your Android or iOS application
- By clicking on the 'Advanced' tab, you have the ability to set all the server flags that are available in Appium
- If you use the advanced server options, you have the ability to save a configuration for later use
- Once you start the server, it will launch on the host and port you specified
- Appium uses environment variables like ANDROID_HOME as well as relying on various binaries in your PATH and so on
Project Samples
