SikuliX automates anything you see on the screen of your desktop computer. It uses image recognition powered by OpenCV to identify GUI components. It automates anything you see on the screen without internal API’s support.
SikuliX comes with basic text recognition (OCR) and can be used to search text in images. This feature is powered by OpenCV.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports Python 2.7 scripting
- Run Robot Framework text scripts.
- Script also using Ruby and JavaScript.
- Can run the mouse and the keyboard to interact with the identified GUI elements. This is available for multi monitor environments and even for remote systems with some restrictions.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, Windows, and other operating systems that support Java.
Website: sikulix.github.io
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Raimund Hocke
License: MIT License
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