Watir

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#53 of 63

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5.9

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Watir, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Watir's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Watir	Free	Open source Ruby library for browser automation

Each one read from Watir's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Advanced capabilities: The guides include automatic waits, headless use, mobile testing, authentication, certificates, proxies, cookies, alerts, and screenshots.checked 3 Oct 2026
Download limitation: Watir cannot handle operating system file dialogs, and browser downloads on a remote machine are saved on that machine rather than the machine running the Ruby code.checked 3 Oct 2026
Element handling: The guides cover locating elements and working with buttons, check boxes, dropdowns, frames, links, radio buttons, and text inputs.checked 3 Oct 2026
Integrations: The Watir ecosystem lists watir-rails for Rails and watir-rspec for RSpec.checked 3 Oct 2026
Intended audience: The project describes Watir as ideally suited for people getting started in test automation.checked 3 Oct 2026
Security and compliance: The maker pages reviewed do not state security certifications or compliance claims.checked 3 Oct 2026
Support: Watir is maintained by volunteers; the project directs users with reproducible problems to submit an issue or pull request and users with general questions to Stack Overflow.checked 3 Oct 2026
What it does: Watir is an open source Ruby library for automating web browser tests by interacting with pages and checking results.checked 3 Oct 2026

Browser coverage: The project guides list Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Edge as supported browsers.checked 3 Oct 2026
Browser interactions: Watir can click links, fill out forms, and validate text in a browser.checked 3 Oct 2026