Selenoid
A Selenium Hub successor that runs browsers in Docker containers for scalable, immutable, and self-hosted browser automation.
What is Selenoid?
Selenoid is a modern, self-hosted Selenium hub implementation that uses Docker containers to launch browsers for automated testing. It provides a scalable and isolated environment for running browser automation tests, solving the problem of inconsistent browser environments and heavy resource consumption associated with traditional Selenium Grid. The project is distributed as a lightweight binary and emphasizes ease of deployment and management.
QA engineers, DevOps teams, and developers who need to run scalable, reproducible Selenium-based browser automation tests in self-hosted or on-premises environments. It is particularly suited for teams looking to replace or augment Java-based Selenium Grid with a containerized solution.
Developers choose Selenoid for its significant performance advantages, including lower memory usage (10x less than Java-based Selenium servers) and a small 6 MB binary with no Java dependency. Its unique selling point is the combination of Docker containerization for browser isolation, pre-built browser images for quick setup, and built-in features like live screen viewing, video recording, and centralized logging.
Overview
Selenium Hub successor running browsers within containers. Scalable, immutable, self hosted Selenium-Grid on any platform with single binary.
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