LambdaTest Becomes Appium Strategic Partner to Accelerate Mobile Test Automation

Hey QA community! We are announcing our strategic partnership with Appium, one of the most widely used open-source frameworks for mobile test automation.

As part of the LambdaTest Open Source program, this collaboration is a step forward in our continued effort to invest in the open-source testing ecosystem and empower the developers and testers who use Appium.

From Community Supporter to Strategic Partner: Our Journey With Appium

Appium has been part of our story at LambdaTest for a long time. At first, we were just happy users. We joined the community, shared feedback, contributed where we could, and kept building.

But as we grew, so did our appreciation for what Appium really is: not just a testing framework, but a living, evolving project powered by an incredible group of maintainers and contributors. That’s when we knew it was time to move from being supporters to true partners.

We’ve now committed to supporting Appium not just with words, but with action, offering financial backing to help the project grow and scale. It’s our way of saying thanks, and hopefully, making it easier for the community to keep doing what they do best: building a better future for mobile testing.

What Does This Partnership Mean to Us?

For us, this partnership is a step in supporting one of the most widely used open-source tools in mobile test automation. Appium has helped QA teams around the world test Android and iOS apps efficiently, and now we’re proud to be contributing to its future in a much bigger way.

It means our engineering team is getting directly involved. We’ll be working alongside Appium maintainers to fix bugs, develop new features, and help shape the roadmap. Open-source tools like Appium are only as strong as the community behind them, and we’re here to do our part in keeping that momentum going.

• For the Appium Community: It means more hands on deck to help keep the project moving forward. That translates into faster updates, better performance, and more innovation for everyone using Appium.
• For LambdaTest Users: It means even deeper integration with Appium. You’ll see faster support for new Appium features, improved real device testing, and a more seamless experience on our cloud platform.

With Appium, testing isn’t just about finding bugs – it’s about building confidence in every tap, swipe, and interaction your users will experience.

– Sai Krishna, Director of Engineering at LambdaTest.

Appium transforms the complexity of mobile testing into elegant automation, letting developers focus on building great apps instead of wrestling with testing tools.

– Srinivasan Sekar, Director of Engineering at LambdaTest.

How LambdaTest Contributes to the Appium Ecosystem?

As part of this partnership, LambdaTest offers financial sponsorships to help Appium’s contributor ecosystem. We also provide support for scaling, infrastructure improvements, and new feature development.

LambdaTest also offers a real device cloud where developers and testers can leverage the Appium framework to run their tests on 10,000+ real Android and iOS devices, making it easier to scale their mobile automation efforts without investing in physical device labs.

Features:

• Test With Popular Programming Languages: Perform Appium automation with all major programming languages like Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, etc.
• Parallel Test Execution: Execute Appium tests in parallel across multiple devices to speed up test cycles and reduce execution time.
• Gesture and Interaction Simulation: Automate gestures like tap, swipe, scroll, zoom, and long-press on real devices.
• Native Feature Validation: Test native app behaviors such as push notifications, media playback, in-app purchases, and more.
• App Profiling: Monitor app performance metrics like CPU, memory, battery, and network usage during test execution.
• Debugging Tools: Access execution logs, Appium logs, video recordings, screenshots, and network logs for comprehensive debugging.
• Test Analytics: Track session-level insights, pass/fail rates, execution history, and filter reports through a centralized dashboard.
• Integrations: Integrate with over 120 tools, including Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, CircleCI, Slack, and Jira for end-to-end automation.

Final Thoughts!

At LambdaTest, we believe in enabling developer productivity and backing open-source testing tools. Partnering with Appium allows us to directly support one of the most widely used mobile automation frameworks while giving back to the contributor community that powers it.

We look forward to working closely with the Appium team and its contributors to improve mobile test automation for developers and testers around the world.

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