# gauge.org > AI-optimized mirror of gauge.org containing 50 pages totalling 25,949 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://gauge.org. Last updated: 2026-07-20T14:06:41.936Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Open Source Test Automation Framework | Gauge](/content/site-root.html): Gauge is an open source test automation framework that takes the pain out of writing and maintaining regression or acceptance test suites. (257 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [Minding the Gap between BDD and Executable Specifications | Gauge Blog](/content/2018/11/12/bdd-vs-executable-specifications/index-html.html): Here's why tools that have human readable executable specifications are not BDD tools. (1,235 words) - [The Gauge Move | Gauge Blog](/content/2019/07/22/the-gauge-move/index-html.html): The Gauge Move (1,721 words) - [The Page Objects anti pattern | Gauge Blog](/content/2017/06/13/the-page-objects-anti-pattern/index-html.html): Read about why we find Page Object Model (POM) counterproductive. (1,561 words) - [Authoring a Language Runner for Gauge | Gauge Blog](/content/2017/12/07/authoring-a-language-runner-for-gauge/index-html.html): In this post, we talk about the purpose of a language plugin/runner and how to write one in Gauge. (1,390 words) - [Why we Built Gauge | Gauge Blog](/content/2018/05/15/why-we-built-gauge/index-html.html): This is a post about why we value reusuability and refactorability and the motivations behind building Gauge. (1,863 words) - [Empathy in Architectural Decisions to Empower Users | Gauge Blog](/content/2018/02/16/empathy-in-architectural-decisions-to-empower-users/index-html.html): Learn how the Gauge team made crucial software architecture decisions based on what would empower our users. (983 words) - [Unit Tests aren’t ‘tests’ | Gauge Blog](/content/2019/03/15/unit-tests-arent-tests/index-html.html): Unit tests aren't tests (1,076 words) - [Five Reasons to Use Gauge | Gauge Blog](/content/2017/02/15/five-reasons-to-use-gauge/index-html.html): Here are five reasons why you should use Gauge (474 words) - [Introducing Taiko | Gauge Blog](/content/2018/10/23/taiko-beta-reliable-browser-automation/index-html.html): Gauge releases Taiko (beta) - a free and open source browser automation tool. (672 words) - [Gauge made test automation easy at Luminate - a case study | Gauge Blog](/content/2019/11/04/luminate-symantec-adopting-gauge/index-html.html): Gauge made test automation easy at Luminate (529 words) - [Language Server Protocols and DSLs | Gauge Blog](/content/2017/12/07/language-server-protocol-and-dsl-s/index-html.html): In this post we talk about IDE features that are now built into Gauge thanks to Language Server Protocol instead of separate IDE plug-ins. (667 words) - [Testing with Headless Chrome | Gauge Blog](/content/2017/07/12/testing-with-headless-chrome/index-html.html): This post is about the headless feature in Chrome 59 and how to run gauge with selenium on a CI/CD setup or Docker instances. (306 words) - [Supported Plugins | Gauge](/content/plugins/index-html.html): Gauge supported official and community plugins. Extend to add support for IDEs, drivers, datasources, text execution events and programming language. (333 words) - [Gauge updates for July | Gauge Blog](/content/2017/07/21/gauge-updates-for-july/index-html.html): Gauge updates for July 2017 (508 words) - [Headless Acceptance Tests | Gauge Blog](/content/2017/10/04/headless-acceptance-tests/index-html.html): Learn how to use Gauge, Puppeteer and Chrome to run headless tests. (489 words) - [Why we collect Data | Gauge Blog](/content/2017/07/20/why-we-collect-data/index-html.html): This post explains how Gauge collects data, what’s collected and how it’s used. (445 words) - [Gauge is out of beta | Gauge Blog](/content/2018/06/19/thoughtworks-gauge-is-out-of-beta/index-html.html): We’re happy to announce the launch of ThoughtWorks Gauge 1.0, and Gauge is officially out of beta. (349 words) - [Why write tests in plain-text | Gauge Blog](/content/2017/01/17/why-write-tests-in-plain-text/index-html.html): Learn about why writing tests in plain text is better for your project (449 words) - [How Taiko compares to other browser automation tools | Gauge Blog](/content/2019/08/21/how-taiko-compares-to-other-browser-automation-tools/index-html.html): How Taiko compares to other browser automation tools (2,717 words) - [Gauge September Updates | Gauge Blog](/content/2017/09/08/gauge-september-updates/index-html.html): Gauge updates for September 2017. (160 words) - [Crossbrowser testing with Non-functional tests | Gauge Blog](/content/2020/09/10/cross-browser-testing-with-non-functional-tests/index-html.html): Here's why functional tests are not meant for cross browser testing (972 words) - [Test Automation Learnings | Gauge Blog](/content/blog/index-html.html): Learn more about Test Automation practices, web testing, acceptance testing and best practices for quality assurance on our Gauge blog. (829 words) - [Shifting left with Gauge - a case study | Gauge Blog](/content/2020/06/24/home-loan-application-user-story/index-html.html): A leading Australian financial services company set out to create a simple and elegant home loan solution. Read about how investing in test automation helped improve the product quality and end user experience. (1,224 words) - [Adapting test automation to project architecture changes | Gauge Blog](/content/2020/10/16/adapting-test-automation-to-project-architecture-changes/index-html.html): Here's why we moved from Selenium and Cypress to Taiko in our client projects (1,149 words) - [Test Automation with Limited Resources | Gauge Blog](/content/2024/02/26/test-automation-with-limited-resources/index-html.html): Automated testing can significantly reduce the time spent on regression testing, but the initial effort and maintenance is often a major burden. Using Gauge in combination with reusable libraries, we have been able to introduce automated testing in difficult projects where developers never seemed to have enough time to take care of this important level of testing. (755 words) - [Adopting Gauge and Taiko at Workstream to simplify test automation | Gauge Blog](/content/2020/07/24/workstream-user-story/index-html.html): Workstream, a startup in the HR domain, was growing and so were its testing needs. Windy Liu, the lead automation engineer introduced Gauge and Taiko to test the application as well as help introduce new testers to the test automation practice. 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Read about how the team ensured that new releases were deployed without affecting its millions of users. To ensure top-notch testing, the team embraced new techniques to deliver quality at speed. 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