Kiwi Tcms

What is Kiwi TCMS?

Kiwi TCMS is an open-source test management system for QA teams that need one place to plan, run and report on manual and automated tests. The vendor describes it as the leading open-source test management system and builds it in Europe. You can run it yourself as a Docker container or buy a hosted tenant from the project.

Key features of Kiwi TCMS

• Test plans and cases: create test plans and cases, assign work across the team and track progress through a release.
• Manual test execution: a dashboard shows pending work so testers can execute cases, record results and report bugs.
• Automation results: plugins for popular test frameworks send automated results into Kiwi TCMS so manual and automated runs are reported together.
• Testing telemetry: reports and analytics show execution status and help plan releases.
• Bug reporting: file bugs to a connected bug tracker in one click, linked to the failing test.
• APIs: JSON-RPC and XML-RPC APIs, an OpenAPI schema and a Model Context Protocol interface for scripting and AI tools.

How Kiwi TCMS works

Teams deploy Kiwi TCMS from its Docker image or use a hosted tenant, then organize products, test plans and test cases in the web interface. Testers execute runs and record results by hand, while CI pipelines push results through the API or framework plugins. Failed tests can be linked to defects in an external bug tracker, and dashboards summarize the state of each plan.

Who uses Kiwi TCMS?

QA engineers, test managers and development teams who want test management they can host and inspect themselves. Open-source projects, academic institutions and non-profits can get paid support at a discount, according to the vendor. It fits organizations that prefer self-hosting and an open API over a closed SaaS test tool.

Kiwi TCMS pricing

Kiwi TCMS is open source under the GPL and free to self-host. The vendor sells paid subscriptions from $35 per month (Self Support) up to $2,000 per month per instance (Managed Hosting). A public demo is available without installing anything, and open source projects, academic institutions and non-profits can get full support at a discount.

Kiwi TCMS integrations

Kiwi TCMS posts bugs to third-party bug trackers and offers a GitHub App listed on GitHub Marketplace. Automation framework plugins send test results into the system. The Enterprise tier adds LDAP and OAuth sign-in plus SMTP and Amazon SES for email.

Kiwi TCMS alternatives

LambdaTest is a cloud platform for running tests across browsers and devices, while Kiwi TCMS organizes and tracks the test cases and results themselves. SigNoz and Infisical are open-source DevOps tools for observability and secrets management, so they cover adjacent needs rather than test case management.