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One barScore 5.4

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Behave is ranked #12 of 29 in BDD testing tools on Freedom251. It runs on Linux.

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Gherkin support: Yes
Execution mode: local
Browser testing: Yes
API access: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Behave is a Python-style behavior-driven development tool that uses natural-language-style tests backed by Python code.
Collaboration: Its documentation describes BDD as a way to encourage collaboration among developers, QA, and non-technical or business participants.
Feature files: Feature files are plain-text UTF-8 files that describe features and expected outcomes using representative examples.
Step implementations: Behave maps Given, When, Then, and Step decorators in Python files to steps written in feature scenarios.
Scenario data: Scenario outlines run once for each example row, and steps can receive associated text blocks or tables through the context object.
Test controls: Environment hooks can run before and after steps, scenarios, feature files, tags, or the whole test run.
Fixtures: Behave fixtures support setup and cleanup tasks during test execution.
Selection and debugging: Tags can selectively run scenarios, and a work-in-progress option runs tagged scenarios, disables output capture, and stops at the first error.
Browser tooling: The documentation lists Selenium WebDriver as software that can be combined with Behave to drive a browser.
Web framework integration: The documentation describes Django integration options and links to Flask integration guidance.
Installation: The documentation gives pip and source-distribution installation instructions and also describes installing from the GitHub repository.
Optional packages: Optional installation extras include documentation and development dependencies, plus additional formatters from behave-contrib.
Support and community: The project documentation directs users to GitHub issues to discuss bugs and features.
Security: The Behave GitHub repository has a Security tab, but the opened page did not state specific security or compliance claims.

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Best BDD Testing Tools in 2026#12 of 29

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Sources

behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/· checked 4 Oct 2026
behave.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorial/· checked 4 Oct 2026
behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/appendix/related/· checked 4 Oct 2026
behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usecase_django/· checked 4 Oct 2026
behave.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install/· checked 4 Oct 2026
behave.readthedocs.io/en/stable/more_info/· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/behave/behave/security· checked 4 Oct 2026