Squish Central
Test Automation Management

Squish Central BETA is a cross-platform, end-to-end Test Automation Management Solution which helps to manage and control all aspects of automated tests. The features of Squish Central include:

  • Management of tasks (application deployment, test deployment, build automation, etc.)
  • Management of tests (Squish GUI tests and more)
  • Management of the machine pool to execute tests on
  • Scheduling of distributed test runs
  • Managing and processing test results and reports
  • User and role management
  • Team collaboration and communication

Squish Central is accessible via a powerful web interface to set up the automation and perform all the necessary tasks. The web interface also includes convenient features such as activity streams and team collaboration.

Squish Central is a fully distributed, cross-platform solution which makes it possible to run tests on many different target machines according to a defined schedule.

Squish Central Architecture

To support the automation of the complete cycle—from building an application to running its tests—it is possible to specify different sources from which applications, data, and tests should be retrieved and deployed before execution. Example sources include:

  • File transfer from any machine in the managed machine pool
  • SCMs such as Subversion, CVS, etc.
  • Hudson/Jenkins
  • HTTP

Squish Central is tightly integrated with Squish, although it is also capable of running other types of tests from generic batch/shell scripts to more sophisticated tests such as JUnit and PHPUnit. Squish Central is also extensible via a plugin architecure so that new types of tasks and tests can be added.

Running lots of automated tests on many different machine/operating system combinations can produce a flood of results, including a lot of redundant information. Squish Central's reporting is optimized for such scenarios to keep the results understandable and managable.

Future plans include support for more integrations, for example, automatically filing bugs in tools like Jira, Mantis, or Bugzilla, and integrations into Requirements and Specification tools.

To participate in the Squish Central Beta Program, please complete the form at survey.froglogic.com (which should take about 3 minutes).