# gauge
**Repository Path**: thoughtworks/gauge
## Basic Information
- **Project Name**: gauge
- **Description**: Light weight cross-platform test automation
- **Primary Language**: Go
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No
## Statistics
- **Stars**: 16
- **Forks**: 10
- **Created**: 2021-06-03
- **Last Updated**: 2021-12-08
## Categories & Tags
**Categories**: testing
**Tags**: None
## README

[](https://github.com/getgauge/gauge/actions)
[](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=getgauge)
[](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
# Welcome to Gauge
Gauge is a light weight cross-platform test automation tool. It provides the ability to author test cases in the business language.
## Get Started
Read more about [Why Gauge](https://gauge.org/2018/05/15/why-we-built-gauge/) can be used, its [terminologies](https://docs.gauge.org/writing-specifications.html) and [**get started...**](https://docs.gauge.org/getting_started/installing-gauge.html)
## Find out more
| **[User Docs][userdocs]** | **[Setup Guide][get-started]** | **[Examples][examples]** | **[Contributing][contributing]** | **[Brand Style Guide][branding]** |
|:-------------------------------------:|:-------------------------------:|:-----------------------------------:|:---------------------------------------------:|:---------------------------------------------:|
| [![i1][userdocs-image]][userdocs]
Learn more about using Gauge | [![i2][getstarted-image]][get-started]
Getting started with Gauge | [![i3][examples-image]][examples]
Some Gauge Examples | [![i4][contributing-image]][contributing]
How can you contribute to Gauge? | [![i5][branding-image]][branding]
Gauge brand colours, logos, images etc. |
[userdocs-image]:https://d3i6fms1cm1j0i.cloudfront.net/github/images/techdocs.png
[getstarted-image]:https://d3i6fms1cm1j0i.cloudfront.net/github/images/setup.png
[examples-image]:https://d3i6fms1cm1j0i.cloudfront.net/github/images/roadmap.png
[contributing-image]:https://d3i6fms1cm1j0i.cloudfront.net/github/images/contributing.png
[branding-image]:https://d3i6fms1cm1j0i.cloudfront.net/github/images/setup.png
[userdocs]:https://docs.gauge.org/
[get-started]:https://github.com/getgauge/gauge/wiki/Setup
[examples]:https://getgauge-examples.github.io/
[contributing]:CONTRIBUTING.md
[branding]:https://brand.gauge.org/
## Questions or need help?
### Troubleshooting
Context specific **Troubleshooting** guide is available in relevant pages of the [Gauge Documentation](https://docs.gauge.org/).
### Talk to us
Please see below for the best place to ask a query:
- How do I? -- [Discussions](https://github.com/getgauge/gauge/discussions)
- I got this error, why? -- [Discussions](https://github.com/getgauge/gauge/discussions)
- I got this error and I'm sure it's a bug -- file an [issue](https://github.com/getgauge/gauge/issues)
- I have an idea/request -- file an [issue](https://github.com/getgauge/gauge/issues)
- Why do you? -- [Discussions](https://github.com/getgauge/gauge/discussions)
- When will you? -- [Discussions](https://github.com/getgauge/gauge/discussions)
### Other projects
Also maintained by Gauge
- [Taiko](https://github.com/getgauge/taiko) Headless web browser automation.
## Add Gauge Badge to your project!
Copy the text below and add it to the README.md of your project using Gauge, and show your support. It looks like this:
[](https://gauge.org)
```
[](https://gauge.org)
```
## License
Gauge is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for the full license text.
## Copyright
Copyright 2018 ThoughtWorks, Inc.