Hi Product Hunters! 👋 After a year of iterating on 4 different test automation products, I believe we finally hit the market need so I’m super excited to present to you Pythagora - an open-source dev tool that creates automated integration tests by analyzing server activity without you having to write a single line of code! 🤔 Why we decided to build Pythagora? As a developer, I always struggled with time, and creating automated tests was always the last priority so I talked to people about how much time do they spend on writing tests. 70% of developers said they spend 20-40% of their time on writing and maintaining automated tests. Then, I asked Reddit, how people feel about writing automated tests. The answers were as I suspected - 75% of devs hate writing tests and would rather work on the core codebase (Reddit discussion - https://redd.it/122z3pf). So, @leon_ostrez and I created Pythagora - a dev tool that cuts those 20-40% down to ~0.2% of dev time. It’s super easy to install and within 30 minutes of capturing you can get from 0 to 80% code coverage! 🏗️ How Pythagora works? Pythagora has only 2 commands - capture and test. There is no config so after you install it, you can just repeat this 3-step process until you’re satisfied: 1⃣️ Run Pythagora capture command that starts your web app wrapped with Pythagora 2⃣️ Make API requests to your app any way you’re used to (through the browser, with cURL or Postman, etc.) 3⃣️ Check Pythagora code coverage report, identify endpoints that will trigger untested code and repeat from step #1 That’s basically it! Now, when you want to run captured tests, just run Pythagora test command. 🏆 How Pythagora helps? 🟣 Pythagora creates detailed integration tests that check API response, database queries and responses, 3rd party API requests, and more 🟣 Within a couple of hours of playing around your app while Pythagora capturing is on, you can cover your codebase with 100% code coverage 🟣 You don’t need to think about covering edge cases - our GPT-4 integration creates negative tests to superpower your test suite 🟣 If you have a QA team, you can easily give them access to creating automated tests for backend with Pythagora 📖 Additional resources 🎥 As devs, we want to know how things work so we created this tech deep dive video in which we show exactly how Pythagora works under the hood (17 min) - https://youtu.be/ferEJsqBHqw 🎥 How devs workflow looks like with Pythagora to maintain 100% code coverage without coding automated tests (4 min) - https://youtu.be/opQP8NMCiPw 📝 You can find full docs here - https://pythagora.io/faq We are thrilled to hear what you think! Let us know if any questions, suggestions, or feedback in the comments.

Finally, since Pythagora is open source, we’d be so grateful if you could star Pythagora repo on Github - https://github.com/Pythagora-io/pythagora.

Hey guys, this looks great! Do you have any estimate on when you'll start supporting other web frameworks, e.g. Rails? I'd love to play with it but I'm mostly working in Rails.

looks awesome, congratz on the launch

So glad somebody as smart as you guys is working on integrating the new power AI models give us to ship software faster and safer. Kudos for going closer to the customer, and generating e2e tests, instead of working on the code-level only.

Congrats on the launch

Congrats! This is what I have been seeking for the last few years!

Amazing problem to solve. Congrats on the launch. I'll definitely share this with our Dev team to explore how it can benefit us. Good luck!

I'm following the development of the idea for a while now, and the progress is impressive. Another great work by @zvonimir_sabljic1

Now this is a great idea, I see our devs jumping on it and trying it out asap! Kudos!

This is amazing! 🤩 It’s exactly what we need. We really should level up our testing, but it’s hard to find the time. Do you have an approximate timeline for when you will support Postgres?

I've known @zvonimir_sabljic1 and @leon_ostrez for a while, and there's no better team to attack this problem. They've been exploring this space for a while and spend countless hours talking with developers to understand their struggles with testing. From all that effort and their laser-targeted focus, Pythagora emerged. This is an idea I'm personally excited about!

Tests are key to good software and an opensource tool for automating it is awesome. Congrats on the launch

Hey guys, Pythagora looks really cool! As someone who primarily works on mobile dev, I wish it was also available for mobile devs. Regardless, I'm excited to see what Pythagora can do and encourage everyone to try it!

Very excited to see this! Let's face it, nobody *likes* writing tests, much less integration tests where setup is always complicated. Having a tool that can record and replay tests means I can go from single-digit number of these to dozens or hundreds without breaking a sweat. I also appreciate it's open source and not walled off behind some SaaS garden. Congrats on the launch @zvonimir_sabljic1 !

This is truly remarkable! I am certain that Pythagora will be an invaluable asset for any development stack, and I can already envision the countless hours it will save my team when writing tests. Congratulations on the launch!

any plans to support java or spring boot backends

As a software developer, I know firsthand how time-consuming and error-prone integration testing can be. That's why I'm excited to see Pythagora Automated Integration Tests - it looks like a powerful tool for automating and streamlining the testing process. I appreciate the range of features, from customizable test scenarios to test scheduling and detailed reporting. Looking forward to giving Pythagora a try!

Congratulations on your launch! Nice tool, hope it will improve many backend projects

This is going to be a game changer, so much time will be saved! Well done to all involved.