BrowserStack
announced its enhanced
open source program, offering free testing of open
source software on the BrowserStack Real Device Cloud. BrowserStack is doubling
down on its support for open source projects with full and unlimited access to
the BrowserStack platform and its capabilities. The goal is to empower open
source developers with the tools and infrastructure necessary to test with
speed, accuracy and scale.
"BrowserStack
is committed to strengthening our ties with the open source community and is
dedicated to giving back to the developers that rely on open source projects,"
said Ritesh Arora, co-founder and CEO of BrowserStack. "The open source
community remains an important wellspring of some of the most innovative ideas
impacting software development. We believe that, through access to powerful
tools like BrowserStack, more open source projects come to fruition and
succeed."
BrowserStack
has supported thousands of open source projects, sponsors groundbreaking
projects like Selenium (through Software Freedom Conservatory) and jQuery (through the JS
Foundation), and is relied upon by top technology companies such as Mozilla and
Google for in-house open source projects. All types of open source
projects-including web frameworks, web libraries, web applications, mobile apps
and more- leverage BrowserStack for their testing needs every day.
BrowserStack
envisions a world in which all software is thoroughly tested and every
developer can deliver amazing user experiences. The launch of an enhanced
program for open source developers is a strategic step towards fulfilling that
vision and advancing BrowserStack's position as the world's most trusted
testing infrastructure.
Through
BrowserStack's enhanced open source program, developers can test and debug code
earlier in the development cycle and ship releases faster with the confidence
that their websites and apps will work seamlessly across every user interface.
Results include bug-free releases and higher quality software, leading to
higher rates of adoption and ultimately a better customer experience. Using
BrowserStack, developers can focus on innovation and building better software,
rather than maintaining cumbersome and costly in-house device labs.
New
features of BrowserStack's open source program include:
- Access to All Products. Get free, unlimited
access to all BrowserStack products by default: Live, Automate, App Live,
Screenshots and App Automate, a newly launched solution for
automated testing of mobile apps.
- More Users and
Parallels. Speed up testing by inviting more project contributors and running
more concurrent manual and automated tests. User and parallel limits are
increased to five.
- Real Device Testing. Leverage the full
scale of BrowserStack's cloud of more than 1,200 real iOS and Android devices,
and achieve more accurate testing results by testing on real devices instead of
emulators.
- Lifetime Access. Test continuously
for the duration of your project.
BrowserStack Open Source Program in Action:
Zurb
Foundation (27,036 GitHub Stars)
Zurb
Foundation is the most advanced responsive front-end framework in the world,
providing complete, customizable components to developers. The Zurb Foundation
uses BrowserStack across 18 browser versions to support both manual and
automated testing to ensure quality before every release. BrowserStack helps
Zurb Foundation run continuous testing across all of its supported browsers.
Discourse (25,030 GitHub
Stars)
Discourse
is an open source forum and community discussion platform that has been used to
create more than 3.3 million posts and serve 245 million page views over the
last 30 days. Discourse is a fully remote team, with hundreds of contributors,
and uses BrowserStack to track down hard-to-find issues that apply only to
certain OS and browser combinations. With BrowserStack, it is able to quickly
test without the need for VMs or outside devices, without ever leaving the
browser.
Video.js (21,177 GitHub
Stars)
Video.js
is an extensible JavaScript and CSS library that makes it easier to work with
and build on HTML5 video. The Video.js project uses BrowserStack for manual
testing with Travis Continuous Integration for running tests via the Karma test
runner. Tests run over a wide variety of browsers (particularly older browsers)
and BrowserStack has helped with bug prevention prior to release.