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Official Resources

Behave — Main repository. BDD, Python style. Behave Documentation — Official documentation and tutorial. Behave Ecosystem — Official listing of ecosystem tools, IDE plugins, and editor support. Behave Examples & Tutorials — Progressive tutorials from first steps to advanced features. Behave on PyPI — Official PyPI package page. Behave Organization — GitHub organization hosting behave, behave-django, and behave.example.

Contributed

allure-behave — Allure framework adapter for Behave. Generates rich HTML test reports with attachments, metadata, and test hierarchies. behave-cucumber-formatter — Cucumber JSON formatter for pipeline integration with Xray and other Cucumber-compatible tools. behave-html-formatter — Simple HTML formatter for Behave test reports. behave-html-pretty-formatter — Pretty HTML formatter inspired by jest-html-reporter. Supports embedded screenshots, pseudo steps, and configurable summaries. behave-modern-console-report — Real-time console report formatter with colors, progress indicators, and execution summaries for local development and CI/CD. behave-modern-file-reports — PDF, DOCX, and TXT report formatters for Behave. Customizable templates, executive summaries, embedded screenshots, and failed-only filters for stakeholders. behave-modern-html-report — Modern interactive HTML report formatter with zero external dependencies. behave-modern-json-report — Modern structured JSON report formatter with schema-versioned output and Cucumber JSON compatibility for CI/CD integrations. behave-modern-md-report — Markdown report formatter that generates GitHub-friendly execution reports with summaries and statistics. behave-modern-sheets-report — CSV and Excel (XLSX) report formatters for Behave. CSV with one row per scenario, Excel with multiple sheets (Summary, Details, Failures, Trends), conditional formatting, and auto-filters. behave-teamcity — Formatter for reporting Behave test results to JetBrains TeamCity CI via service messages.

Web Frameworks

behave-django — Official Django integration for Behave. Provides a `behave` management command and test runner integration. Flask Test Integration — Official guide for integrating Behave with Flask applications.

Browser Automation

Selenium + Behave — Common integration pattern using Selenium WebDriver with Behave step definitions.

API Testing

behave-restful — BDD framework for testing REST APIs on top of Behave. Provides Gherkin language extensions for HTTP requests and response validation. Requests + Behave — Pattern using the `requests` library within Behave step definitions for API testing.

Mobile Testing

appium-python-bdd — BDD test examples with Appium and Behave for mobile automation. LambdaTest Behave + Appium — Run Behave and Appium tests on LambdaTest cloud devices.

Visual Testing

Applitools + Behave — Visual regression testing with Applitools, Selenium, and Behave.

Parallel Execution

behave-parallel — Parallel execution support for Behave by feature or scenario using multiprocessing. behave-pool — Native parallel execution for Behave with multiprocessing, work queue, result aggregation, `@serial` tag, and integration with behave-priority and behave-modern-* formatters. Zero dependencies. BehaveX — Production-grade test orchestration wrapper for Behave with parallel execution, enterprise reporting, and scenario ordering support.

Tooling

behave-comments — Parser and extractor for comments and annotations in Behave `.feature` files. Extract structured metadata from `# @id REQ-001` style annotations, convert comments to tags, and generate documentation. behave-data — Random test data utilities for Behave. Faker integration in steps, data providers, dynamic Examples generation, Data Tables with generated data, reproducible seeds, locale support, and reusable templates. behave-doctor — Static analysis and diagnostics for Behave suites. Detects unused steps/tags, duplicate steps, tag coverage, feature/scenario complexity, and dependency graphs. Zero dependencies. behave-format — Opinionated formatter for Behave `.feature` files. Like Black, but for Gherkin. behave-gen — Scaffolding and code generation toolkit for Behave. Project init, step skeletons from .feature files, OpenAPI/Postman codegen, Cucumber migration. Zero dependencies. behave-kit — Swiss army knife for Behave. Soft assertions, context dump on failure, conditional skip decorators, environment management, typed context, parameter types, tag-based fixtures, scoped cleanup, and environment variable helpers. Zero dependencies. behave-lint — Fast, opinionated, extensible linter for Gherkin `.feature` files and Behave test suites. behave-model — Canonical object model for Behave projects with Gherkin v6 Rules, Tag Expression v2, and full Behave 1.3.x compatibility. behave-priority — Priority-based execution for Behave. Run critical scenarios first with `@priority(N)` tags, fail-fast controls, and smoke-first mode. Zero dependencies. behave-retry — Automatic retry for failed Behave scenarios with CLI flags, tag overrides, exception filtering, and flakiness stats. Zero dependencies. behave-steplib — Reusable step libraries for Behave. Share, discover and install step definitions across projects via entry points. Zero dependencies. behave-tables — Polished API for Behave Data Tables with `as_dicts()`, `as_models()`, `transpose()`, `to_csv()`, and `to_json()`. Zero dependencies, type-safe.

CI/CD Integrations

Behave CI/CD Pipeline Guide — Comprehensive guide on integrating Behave into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Tox, multi-environment testing). GitLab CI + Behave + Pytest — Complete CI/CD pipeline tutorial using Behave, pytest, pre-commit hooks, and GitLab CI. JUnit XML Reporter — Built-in `junit` reporter for Jenkins and other CI systems that consume JUnit XML. ParallelBehaveAllureFlow — Reusable GitHub Actions workflow for parallel Behave execution with Allure report generation and retry mechanism. Tox — Generic virtualenv management and test tool for running Behave across multiple Python environments in CI.

IDE Plugins

Cucumber Official (VS Code) — Official VS Code extension for Cucumber with Gherkin and Behave support. Cucumber-Eclipse — Eclipse plugin with Gherkin editor support. cuke4vs — Visual Studio plugin with Gherkin editor support. PyCharm BDD Support — Built-in Behave and Gherkin support in PyCharm Professional edition.

Editor Plugins

Behave Step Finder (Sublime Text) — Navigate to step definitions in Behave projects. Cucumber (Sublime Text) — Gherkin editor support with table formatting. Gherkin Editor — Online editor for writing `.feature` files. NP++ Gherkin (Notepad++) — Gherkin syntax highlighting for Notepad++. vim-behave — Vim plugin: port of vim-cucumber to Python Behave.

Tutorials & Guides

Behave Tutorial — Official getting started guide covering feature files, step implementations, context, hooks, and tags. Complete Behave BDD Tutorial 2026 — Hands-on tutorial covering installation, project structure, hooks, fixtures, reporting, parallel execution, and Playwright integration.

Courses

BDD Automation: Behave with Python — Behave with Selenium and Appium integration (Udemy). Behavior-driven Development (BDD) with Behave and Python — Full course covering Gherkin, Behave features, web testing with Selenium, and CI reporting (Pluralsight). Cucumber BDD with Python Behave and Selenium WebDriver 2024 — 19-hour course building a BDD framework with Selenium, API testing, and MySQL (Udemy).

Books

BDD in Action — BDD principles with examples across multiple languages including Python/Behave, by John Ferguson Smart. The Cucumber Book — Gherkin and BDD principles that apply directly to Behave, by Matt Wynne and Aslak Hellesøy.

Videos

BDD with Python Behave — Community YouTube tutorials and conference talks on Behave.

Community Projects & Examples

behave-gui — GUI front-end for Behave test execution. cookiecutter-example — Cookiecutter template for generating Behave BDD automation projects with Selenium, Allure, and configurable options. python-behave-examples — Repository with practical examples of using the Behave library in Python. Python-Behave-sample-project — Sample BDD automation project with Page Object Model pattern. Python_Selenium_BDD_Framework — Comprehensive framework with Selenium for UI, Requests for API, and BehaveX for parallel execution. try-behave — Try Behave directly in the browser using Pyodide, no installation required.