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Description

SlimerJS is a scriptable browser. It allows you to manipulate a web page with an external Javascript script: opening a webpage, clicking on links, modifying the content... It is useful to do functional tests, page automation, network monitoring, screen capture etc.

It is a tool like PhantomJs, except that it runs Gecko instead of Webkit, and it is not (yet) natively headless. However, it can be headless with the use of xvfb under Linux or MacOS.

SlimerJS provides the same API of PhantomJS. The current version of SlimerJS is highly compatible with PhantomJS, let's say 98%. See current release notes in docs/release-notes.rst, and read the compatibility table to know the implementation level.

The main goal of SlimerJS is to allow to execute all scripts developed for PhantomJS. So you could use tools like CasperJS. In fact, CasperJs 1.1beta and higher can be executed with SlimerJS!

SlimerJS is not only a PhantomJS clone, it contains also additional features.

Technically, SlimerJS is a XUL/JS application that is launched with Firefox.

Code Quality Rank: L2

Monthly Downloads: 0

Programming language: JavaScript

License: Mozilla Public License 2.0

Tags: Testing Frameworks Runner Slimerjs Gecko Headless

Latest version: v9.6

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puppeteer

9.9 8.5 slimerjs VS puppeteer

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phantomjs

9.6 6.3 slimerjs VS phantomjs

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ava

8.9 8.7 L4 slimerjs VS ava

Futuristic JavaScript test runner
karma

8.4 8.4 L4 slimerjs VS karma

Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript.
nightwatch

8.1 7.7 L4 slimerjs VS nightwatch

UI automated testing framework based on node.js and selenium webdriver.
casperjs

7.4 0.0 L5 slimerjs VS casperjs

Navigation scripting & testing utility for PhantomJS and SlimerJS.
zombie

6.6 0.4 L4 slimerjs VS zombie

Insanely fast, full-stack, headless browser testing using node.js.
intern

5.8 8.7 L5 slimerjs VS intern

A next-generation code testing stack for JavaScript.
totoro

2.7 0.0 L5 slimerjs VS totoro

A simple and stable cross-browser testing tool.
ChaoSocket.js

1.6 0.0 L5 slimerjs VS ChaoSocket.js

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yolpo

0.8 0.0 L1 slimerjs VS yolpo

A statement-by-statement javascript interpreter in the browser.
consolemock

0.8 0.9 slimerjs VS consolemock

A tool for testing console logs

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SlimerJS

http://slimerjs.org/

It is a tool like PhantomJs, except that it runs Gecko instead of Webkit, and it is headless when using Firefox 56+.

SlimerJS provides the same API of PhantomJS. The current version of SlimerJS is highly compatible with PhantomJS 2.1. See current release notes in docs/release-notes-*.rst, and read the compatibility table to know the implementation level.

The main goal of SlimerJS is to allow to execute all scripts developed for PhantomJS. So you could use tools like CasperJS. In fact, CasperJs 1.1 and higher can be executed with SlimerJS!

SlimerJS is not only a PhantomJS clone, it contains also additional features.

Technically, SlimerJS is a XUL/JS application that is launched with Firefox.

Community

Ask your questions on the dedicated mailing list.

Or discuss with us on IRC: channel #slimerjs on irc.mozilla.org.

Install SlimerJS, executing a script...

See documentation into the docs/ directory into the source code, or read it on the web site

FAQ and contribution

Read the faq into the website/faq.html file or on the website.

slimerjs

A PhantomJS-like tool running Gecko.