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ENTERPRISE

Enterprise & Commercial

Karate Labs offers commercial tools that complement the open-source Karate framework. These tools are designed for teams that need IDE integration, visual debugging, AI-powered testing, and enterprise-grade support.

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Karate Xplorer​

Desktop IDE for API testing with step-through debugging.

Karate Xplorer is a cross-platform desktop application that provides a visual interface for writing, running, and debugging Karate tests.

  • Postman-like API explorer — send requests and inspect responses visually
  • Step-through debugging — set breakpoints in Gherkin steps and JavaScript, inspect variables at each step
  • Visual test runner — run individual scenarios or entire features with real-time results
  • Integrated editor — syntax highlighting, auto-complete, and inline error reporting

Learn more at xplorer.karatelabs.io →

Karate Agent​

AI-powered browser and API testing via LLM agents.

The Karate Agent Docker container (karatelabs/karate-agent) provides a ready-to-use environment with Chrome, VNC, and the Karate Agent server — enabling autonomous browser and API testing via LLM agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot.

  • Heredoc-over-HTTP API — send JavaScript commands to the agent server via simple curl calls
  • Multi-model support — works with Anthropic, OpenRouter, Ollama, and other LLM providers
  • Visual reports — auto-captured screenshots, step-by-step HTML reports
  • Docker-based — docker run karatelabs/karate-agent gets you started immediately

Learn more at karatelabs.io →

Agentic Skills for Test Automation​

Let LLMs handle your API and UI testing — so your team can ship faster.

Karate Labs provides enterprise-ready agentic skills that integrate with the coding agents your team already uses — Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Opencode, GitHub Copilot, and more. These purpose-built skills enable LLM agents to autonomously write, run, and iterate on Karate tests, mock servers, and coverage reports.

What are Karate Skills?​

Karate Skills are curated instruction sets that teach LLM agents how to use Karate effectively. Instead of relying on generic AI knowledge (which is often outdated or incorrect for DSLs), skills provide battle-tested patterns and tight feedback loops:

  • karate-api — write and run API tests with best-practice assertions and compact JSON feedback
  • karate-mock — create and manage mock servers from JavaScript handlers
  • karate-agent — autonomous browser exploration and testing via the Agent JS API
  • karate-coverage — generate API coverage reports from OpenAPI specs and test events
  • karate-dev — full orchestration: mock → test → run → analyze → iterate

Why it matters​

Traditional test automation requires skilled engineers writing and maintaining test suites manually. With Karate Skills, your team can:

  • Accelerate verification — LLM agents write tests in seconds, not hours
  • Elevate release confidence — comprehensive API and UI coverage generated automatically
  • Reduce bottlenecks — hand off routine testing tasks to AI agents while engineers focus on architecture and strategy
  • Maintain quality — skills enforce Karate best practices, so AI-generated tests follow the same patterns your team would write

How it works​

Skills are distributed via the Karate CLI and the karatelabs/karate-agent Docker container. Your team's LLM agent reads the skill instructions, executes Karate commands, reads compact JSON feedback, and iterates until tests pass — all without human intervention.

Contact Karate Labs to get started →

IDE Support​

Karate Labs provides professional IDE plugins for the two most popular Java IDEs. These are commercial products with free, plus, pro, and enterprise tiers.

  • VS Code Extension — syntax highlighting, auto-complete, debugging, run/debug from editor, mock server mode
  • IntelliJ IDEA Plugin — syntax highlighting, auto-complete, debugging, OpenAPI integration, structure view

See detailed feature comparison and pricing at karatelabs.io →

Live Debugging​

Step-through debugging for Karate tests with full variable inspection:

  • Gherkin step-through — pause execution at any step, inspect all variables
  • JavaScript debugging — debug embedded JavaScript expressions
  • Java debugging — standard Java debugger integration
  • Breakpoints and watch expressions — conditional breakpoints, watch variable changes

Available through Karate Xplorer and the IDE plugins.

Visual Validation​

Visual regression testing for UI automation:

  • Image comparison — pixel-level comparison of screenshots
  • Visual diff reporting — highlight differences between baseline and actual screenshots
  • Tolerance configuration — adjust sensitivity for anti-aliasing, font rendering differences

Async Protocol Testing​

Commercial modules for testing asynchronous and streaming protocols:

  • WebSocket — test WebSocket-based APIs and real-time communication
  • Kafka — produce and consume Kafka messages with full assertion support
  • gRPC — test gRPC services with Protobuf support

Future Roadmap​

Karate Labs is actively developing additional commercial capabilities:

  • Contract Testing — OpenAPI/Swagger validation, consumer-driven contracts
  • API Governance — API linting, rating, and compliance checks
  • Security Testing — OWASP vulnerability scanning, prompt injection testing
  • Mobile Automation — Android, iOS, Flutter, React Native testing
  • Distributed Testing — cloud-based test orchestration across machines
  • Requirements Management — local-first requirements tracking with test coverage mapping

Visit karatelabs.io for the latest updates and to get in touch.

Getting Help​

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