Behave

Behaviour-driven development framework for Python

About Behave

A behaviour-driven development framework for Python that uses Gherkin feature files and step definitions to write executable specifications, integrating with existing Python testing ecosystems. Because the code is openly available, it can be audited, extended and run on private infrastructure, which makes it attractive to teams with privacy or compliance needs. It is commonly adopted through containers or packages, evaluated against commercial alternatives and kept because it solves a focused problem reliably at scale.

Behave key facts

Category: Developer Tools
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: bdd, python, testing, gherkin
Official site: behave.readthedocs.io

About the Developer Tools category

Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 738 tools. Alongside Behave, it includes Serenity BDD, Allure Framework, ReportPortal, Testomat.io.

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