Appium Plugins
Plugins offer various ways to extend or modify Appium's behaviour. They are completely optional and are not needed for standard automation functionality, but you may find them to be useful for more specialised automation workflows.
Generally, plugins can be installed using their listed installation key, with the following command:
Official Plugins¶
These plugins are are currently maintained by the Appium team:
Plugin |
Installation Key |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Execute Driver | execute-driver |
Run entire batches of commands in a single call to the Appium server |
| Images | images |
Image matching and comparison features |
| Relaxed Caps | relaxed-caps |
Relax Appium's requirement for vendor prefixes on capabilities |
| Universal XML | universal-xml |
Instead of the standard XML format for iOS and Android, use an XML definition that is the same across both platforms |
Other Plugins¶
These plugins are not maintained by the Appium team and can provide additional functionality:
Plugin |
Installation Key |
Description | Supported By |
|---|---|---|---|
| AltUnity | --source=npm appium-altunity-plugin |
Target Unity games and apps for automation with a new context, via the AltUnityTester framework | HeadSpin |
| Device Farm | --source=npm appium-device-farm |
Manage and create driver session on connected android devices and iOS Simulators. | @AppiumTestDistribution |
| OCR | --source=npm appium-ocr-plugin |
Find elements via OCR text | @jlipps |
| Reporter | --source=npm appium-reporter-plugin |
Generates standalone consolidated html report with screenshots. Reports can be fetched from appium server, without worrying about heavy lifting such as screenshot capturing, report generation etc. | @AppiumTestDistribution |
Note
If you maintain an Appium plugin that you would like to be listed in the Appium docs, feel free to make a PR to add it to this section with a link to the documentation for the plugin.