Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Chester Desktop

A desktop helper app for running WebdriverIO tests

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Chester Desktop launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Element▲168

   Desktop UI library based on Vue 2.0

   2017 · element.eleme.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   NW.js▲77

   A new way of writing desktop apps with Web technologies

   2015 · nwjs.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Test Cafe▲92

   Automated browser testing

   2016 · devexpress.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Maestro Studio Desktop Beta▲322

   Run mobile & web tests in minutes with a desktop app

   2025 · maestro.dev · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Appium▲68

   Test automation framework for mobile apps

   2014 · appium.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Webmate▲83

   Automatic cross-browser testing service for web developers.

   2015 · webmate.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Desktop Fruit▲140

   Curated Mac application designs

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Kinase▲159

   A framework for building web scrapers for Chrome

   2017 · b12.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Testlio▲102

   On-demand mobile app testing.

   2014 · testlio.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Python Test Podcast - Testing Web Apps with Python, Selenium, Django ▲60

    Interview with Harry Percival.

    2016 · pythontesting.net · its alternatives →

11. 11WD
    Wdio – Docker setup for WebdriverIO▲49

    Hi HN, recently there have been a lot of discussions about Chrome's dominance on the Web leading to many websites being broken for alternative browsers. I think one of the reasons for this is that browser automation is hard and manual testing is often limited to the browser developers themselves use. I've distilled my best practices for browser test automation into the following project and hope it helps other developers to test their projects with more browsers: https://github.com/blueimp/wdio It's a Docker setup for WebdriverIO with automatic screenshots, image diffing…

    2019 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    APItools▲98

    API Zen for App Developers

    2014 · apitools.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Zylitics▲77

    Zero config browser based testing platform for web apps

    2021 · app.outomated.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Fulvid▲86

    A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Chrome Experiments▲137

    Showcase of web experiments written by creative coders

    2015 · experiments.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Chrome Commands▲105

    Do more with Chrome using commands

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Browser Specs▲60

    Tests your browser specs on screen and email to support desk

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Yeoman▲106

    The web's scaffolding tool for modern webapps

    2015 · yeoman.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Codiqa for Desktop▲71

    An easier way to create mobile apps

    2014 · ionic.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    DesktopApps.fun▲65

    Use your favorite web apps as desktop apps for fun & profit

    2023 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Limitless▲90

    A productivity companion for Chrome

    2013 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Yellow Lab Tools▲9

    Test your website: Performance, HTML, CSS and JS

    2015 · yellowlab.tools · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Facebook Desktop Kit▲28

    a GUI for building web and desktop applications

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24BR
    Browsertron – Run all your Selenium tests in parallel▲50

    2018 · browsertron.com · its alternatives →

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