Katalon Automation Recorder Quickstart

Katalon Recorder – the champion project of Katalon Hackathon. This is the Selenium IDE-compatible replacement on latest Chrome and Firefox that helps record, play, debug, manage automated tests, and export to C#, Java, Ruby, Python, Groovy, or Robot Framework.

1. What is Katalon Automation Recorder, who should use it?

Katalon Automation Recorder is a powerful alternative to Selenium IDE to create and playback in any browser. The captured web elements and actions can be recorded, edited and exported as automated test cases in C#, Java, Ruby, Python, Groovy, Robot Framework. The extension can be used in different scenarios
- A supportive tool for testers to perform web automation testing or performing repetitive operations.
- A handy utility to quickly generate object locators and actions for the automation engineer to speed up the scripting process.
- A converter for users to Import (Selenese)/Export to popular frameworks: C# (NUnit), Java (TestNG and JUnit), Ruby (RSpec), Python (unittest), Groovy (Katalon Studio), and Robot Framework.

2. Katalon Recorder vs Katalon Studio

Katalon Recorder has been considered a great help for the teams who have been depended heavily on Selenium IDE. For a powerful IDE to record, debug and play tests in Chrome & Firefox browser, Katalon Recorder is a comprehensive solution.

For advanced Web, Mobile & API automation testing, we also offer Katalon Studio – a free alternative to costly commercial automation testing solutions. Learn more about Katalon Studio features.


Have questions, feedback, or bugs report? Please submit here.

For detailed User Guide, you should visit here.

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