abct-framework

🚀 Overview

abct-framework (Anybody Can Test) is a no-code, technology-agnostic test automation framework built on top of Playwright and YAML.
It enables testers, developers, and non-technical users to write and execute end-to-end (E2E) tests without coding, while supporting self-healing locators and auto-spec generation.

✨ Features

• 📝 YAML-based test cases — Write readable, declarative specs.
• 🎭 Playwright powered — Reliable cross-browser automation.
• 🔄 Self-healing locators — Automatically fixes broken selectors.
• ⚡ Auto-spec generation — Generate draft test cases from UI screens.
• 🔍 Tag filtering — Run subsets of tests easily (--tags=@smoke).
• 📊 Reporting support — Plug into Playwright reports & CI/CD tools.
• 🛠 No-code friendly — Designed for teams with mixed skill levels.

📦 Installation

npm install @abct/framework

Or locally (if consuming from tarball):

npm install ./@abct/framework-<version>.tgz

⚡ Quick Start

Create a simple test spec in YAML (tests/specs/sample-login.yaml):

suite: Login Test Suite
tags: [smoke, login]
steps:
  - goto: https://example.com/login
  - type:
      locator: login.username
      text: testuser
  - type:
      locator: login.password
      text: password123
  - click:
      locator: login.submit
  - assertVisible:
      locator: home.dashboard

Run the test:

npx abct run tests/specs/sample-login.yaml

🔧 Scripts

In your consumer project’s package.json, you can configure scripts like:

"scripts": {
  "test": "abct run",
  "test:auto": "cross-env AUTO_LOCATORS=missing abct run",
  "test:regen": "cross-env AUTO_LOCATORS=always abct run",
  "e2e:smoke": "abct run --tags=smoke",
  "e2e:browsers": "abct install-browsers"
}

🛡 License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT License.
See the LICENSE file for details.

👤 Author

Laxmi Kushwaha
📧 Contact: to be added
📦 npm: abct-framework