Katalon Recorder overview
What is Katalon Recorder?
Katalon Recorder is a free, Selenium IDE alternative, lightweight web extension for automating actions and automated testing on the browser. Currently, Katalon Recorder is available on Chrome, Firefox and Edge.
The 60-Second Elevator Pitch
- Katalon Recorder provides faster time-to-value than Selenium IDE. You can start automating instantly, without having to create a project, or specifying a URL. Overtime, this small difference compounds to be a huge time-saver.
- Katalon Recorder runs directly on your current tab. This allows you to seamlessly combine manual and automated steps in your workflow. In comparison, Selenium IDE requires a brand new tab for every execution.
- Katalon Recorder enables you to keep track of execution results. You can view your execution results and share them with other people through our free TestOps integration. See TestOps Overview.
- Katalon Recorder has consistent development efforts, dedicated community and support. We have a team professionally motivated to improve the product, listen and help fix to your problems.
What do people use Katalon Recorder for?
People reportedly use Katalon Recorder to:
- Save time by automating the repetitive tasks on browsers, such as generating reports, filling forms, automating games, etc.
- Ensure quality of your work by testing before handing your work over to the QA team.
- Ensure end-to-end quality of your software by automated testing.
- Monitor the functionality of web applications by synthetic testing.
- Monitor testing activity with shareable reports with visual dashboards and charts.
Katalon Recorder documentation
Product Evaluation Center | Get started | Help & resources |
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Automate scenarios | Execute scenarios | Monitor scenarios |
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Upload reports to TestOps |
Export scenarios | Data-driven testing | Extend Katalon Recorder |
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Data-driven execution |
Product information
Does Katalon Recorder collect the data and send to external services?
Katalon team do NOT collect information on end-users' test artifacts. Katalon Recorder will only save test artifacts on your local machine, and never send it to our server.
Will Katalon Recorder be maintained regularly?
Katalon team commit to maintaining both Katalon Recorder up to date and keeping the tools free of charge. 2021 Products Roadmap will be soon available to all users.
Is Katalon Recorder available for commercial use?
Katalon Recorder is free to use on any projects (commercial or not) of yours. But it's prohibited for you to sell/redistribute/decode Katalon Recorder.
Learn more in our free Katalon Academy course: Katalon Recorder: Test Automation for Start-Ups & Small Teams.