# behave

Behavior-driven development framework for Python that runs tests written in natural language.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/behave/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
Listed since: 2026-11-04

## Record

### Links

- home: https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
- repository: https://github.com/behave/behave
- docs: https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
- forum: https://github.com/behave/behave/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Jens Engel
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2011
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: testing
- hosting: not applicable
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 2.7
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: pip install behave

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-2-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-09-04

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3540
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 99
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2666
- dependentPackages: 103

### Sources

- urls: https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/behave/behave (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://pypi.org/pypi/behave/json (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://github.com/behave/behave/blob/v1.3.3/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/behave/behave (read 2026-11-04)
- runtime: https://github.com/behave/behave/blob/v1.3.3/pyproject.toml (read 2026-11-04)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/behave/behave/blob/v1.3.3/pyproject.toml (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install/ (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install/ (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install/ (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://github.com/behave/behave/blob/v1.3.3/pyproject.toml (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/behave/behave/releases (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/behave/behave/releases/latest (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/behave/behave (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/behave/behave/contributors (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/behave (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/behave (read 2026-11-04)
- i18n: https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/gherkin/ (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

behave is a behavior-driven development framework for Python, documented on Read the Docs. Feature files are written in a natural-language style called Gherkin, backed by Python code, and languages other than English are available for them. It is installed with pip, from a source distribution or from the GitHub repository. The project keeps its source on GitHub, and its ecosystem page lists other software that enhances it.

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