# Cucumber.js

JavaScript implementation of Cucumber, a tool for running automated tests written in plain language.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://cucumber.io
- repository: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js
- docs: https://cucumber.io/docs/installation/javascript/
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cucumberbdd.bsky.social
- mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@cucumber
- discord: https://discord.gg/8YXBH8j74w
- forum: https://github.com/orgs/cucumber/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Julien Biezemans and contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2011
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: testing
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 22
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 13
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-05

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5405
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 2556025
- contributors: 179
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://cucumber.io/ (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-js (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://cucumber.io/docs/installation/javascript/ (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/tags (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-js (read 2026-11-04)
- runtime: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/@cucumber/cucumber/latest (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://cucumber.io/ (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://cucumber.io/docs/installation/javascript/ (read 2026-11-04)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/@cucumber/cucumber (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-js/releases (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-js/releases/latest (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-js (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-js/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

Cucumber.js is the JavaScript implementation of Cucumber, a tool for running automated tests written in plain language. It is installed from npm as @cucumber/cucumber and runs on maintained versions of Node.js.

The package is licensed under MIT. The copyright line in the license names Julien Biezemans and contributors.

## Worth knowing

The install guide directs users away from the older cucumber npm package, which is deprecated, to @cucumber/cucumber.

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