Ship better software
with TestGator.
TestGator orchestrates real-world testing with real testers — so you can ship better software, faster.
- Self-hosted
- Privacy first
- Extensible
- Built for agents
How it works
From release to results in four steps
A simple workflow that brings real-world quality to your releases.
1Create a release
Define what you're shipping. Add build, notes, and target platforms.
2Build a test plan
Add test cases and scenarios. Invite the right testers.
3Testers provide answers
Real people run your tests on real devices and share structured feedback.
4Analyze results
Spot issues, track trends, and release with confidence.
Built for agents
Your AI agent can run this too.
TestGator's PASS / PASS (with bug) / FAILED model was already structured enough for an agent to read. Pair it with testgator-cli and the agent skill that ships alongside it, and an agent can set up a release, write a test plan, invite real testers, and read the results back — on its own.
Why use TestGator
Built for quality, designed for teams
Real-world testing
Get feedback from real, non-technical testers instead of developers guessing at edge cases — one simple interface anyone can use, no training required.
Own your data
Self-hosted and privacy-first, so nothing about your product or your testers ever has to leave your own infrastructure.
Extensible
A full REST API and webhooks let you fit TestGator into whatever CI, chat, or dashboard tooling your team already relies on.
Actionable insights
Dashboards and reports surface what actually needs attention, so you spend time fixing bugs instead of chasing status updates.
Built for AI agents
Structured enough for testgator-cli and its agent skill to read and act on, no translation needed.
Pricing
Self-hosted, and free. Forever.
TestGator is open source under the GNU AGPL-3.0 license. Run it on your own infrastructure — there's no paid tier, no seat limits, and no usage caps.
Host it yourself — Docker, Docker Swarm, or Kubernetes.
- Unlimited projects, releases, and test plans
- Unlimited testers, invited by email OTP — no seats to pay for
- Local database or LDAP auth for your team
- REST API, file uploads, and reporting
- Community support on GitHub
AGPL-3.0 is copyleft: if you modify TestGator and offer it to others over a network, you must share your modified source with them too.
See TestGator in action
Designed for clarity. Built for testers.
Plan better.
Test smarter.
Write a test plan with a deadline and a rich markdown introduction, then move it through draft, published, and archived — with question and enrolled-tester counts visible at a glance.
- ✓Rich markdown editor
- ✓Lifecycle from draft to archived
- ✓Question & enrolled-tester counts
- ✓Grouped under a release
Ship with
full visibility.
Every release lists its test plans in a sortable, filterable table, grouped by project, so you can jump straight into any of them.
- ✓Sortable, filterable table
- ✓Grouped by project
- ✓Live test-plan counts
- ✓One click into any plan
Feedback that's
actually useful.
Every answer shows the tester's verdict — pass, pass with bugs, failed, or blocked — next to their comment, attached files, and the browser, OS, and device it was tested on.
- ✓Pass / pass with bugs / failed / blocked
- ✓Tester identity, avatar & tags
- ✓Attached files & screenshots
- ✓Browser, OS & device captured
Find anything.
Instantly.
Search across projects, test plans, questions, and tester answers at once — ranked by relevance, with matching snippets highlighted.
- ✓Relevance-ranked (BM25) results
- ✓Searches plans, questions & answers
- ✓Matching snippets highlighted
- ✓Automatically scoped for testers
Plan better.
Test smarter.
Write a test plan with a deadline and a rich markdown introduction, then move it through draft, published, and archived — with question and enrolled-tester counts visible at a glance.
- ✓Rich markdown editor
- ✓Lifecycle from draft to archived
- ✓Question & enrolled-tester counts
- ✓Grouped under a release
Open source
Built with for real life testing
TestGator is open source and forever will be. We believe in transparency, collaboration, and building tools that help everyone ship better software.