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Behave

Ch 216.4of 29 BDD Testing Tools
  1. 1Runs onLinux
  2. 2CostsNot stated by the maker
  3. 3Gherkin supportYes
  4. 4Execution modelocal
  5. 5Browser testingYes
  6. 6API accessYes
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Overview

Behave is ranked #21 of 29 in BDD testing tools on Specifiction. It runs on Linux.

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Gherkin support
Yesbehave.readthedocs.io
Execution mode
localbehave.readthedocs.io
Browser testing
Yesbehave.readthedocs.io
API access
Yesbehave.readthedocs.io

Facts

Purpose
Behave is a Python-style behavior-driven development tool that uses natural-language-style tests backed by Python code.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Collaboration
Its documentation describes BDD as a way to encourage collaboration among developers, QA, and non-technical or business participants.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Feature files
Feature files are plain-text UTF-8 files that describe features and expected outcomes using representative examples.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Step implementations
Behave maps Given, When, Then, and Step decorators in Python files to steps written in feature scenarios.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Scenario data
Scenario outlines run once for each example row, and steps can receive associated text blocks or tables through the context object.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Test controls
Environment hooks can run before and after steps, scenarios, feature files, tags, or the whole test run.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Fixtures
Behave fixtures support setup and cleanup tasks during test execution.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Selection and debugging
Tags can selectively run scenarios, and a work-in-progress option runs tagged scenarios, disables output capture, and stops at the first error.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Browser tooling
The documentation lists Selenium WebDriver as software that can be combined with Behave to drive a browser.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Web framework integration
The documentation describes Django integration options and links to Flask integration guidance.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Installation
The documentation gives pip and source-distribution installation instructions and also describes installing from the GitHub repository.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Optional packages
Optional installation extras include documentation and development dependencies, plus additional formatters from behave-contrib.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Support and community
The project documentation directs users to GitHub issues to discuss bugs and features.behave.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Security
The Behave GitHub repository has a Security tab, but the opened page did not state specific security or compliance claims.github.com · 4 Oct 2026

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