Appium is an open sourceautomation tool for running scripts and testing native applications, mobile-web applications and hybrid applications onAndroid oriOS using a webdriver.
Appium was originally developed by Dan Cuellar in 2011 under the name "iOSAuto", written in theC# programming language.[1][2][3] The program wasopen-sourced in August 2012 using theApache 2 license.[1][4] In January 2013,Sauce Labs agreed to fund Appium's development and motivated its code to be rewritten usingNode.js.[1][2]
Appium won the 2014Bossie award ofInfoWorld for the best open source desktop and mobile software.[5] Appium was also selected as anOpen Source Rookie of the Year by Black Duck Software.[6][7]
In October 2016, Appium joined theJS Foundation.[8] Initially as a mentor program, it graduated in August 2017.[2]
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