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by leland-takamine 482 days ago
Hi everyone, co-founder of Mobile.dev and co-author of Maestro here . Thanks jstan for sharing Maestro and for the kind words—really glad to hear it’s working well for you!

We built Maestro because E2E testing felt unnecessarily complicated, and we wanted something simple and powerful that anyone could use — whether you’re a seasoned developer or just getting started with automation. It’s been amazing to see it adopted at companies like Meta, Block, DoorDash, Stripe, and Disney, but honestly, what excites us most is seeing teams who’ve never done test automation before finally get a solid strategy in place because Maestro is so easy to use and get started with.

Oh, and if you’re wondering — yes, it works for web testing too!

We’re constantly iterating and adding features, so if you’ve got ideas, run into issues, or just want to chat, let me know. Always happy to hear how we can make it better.

Thanks again for checking it out, and happy testing!

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Please add the ability to drive an actual iOS device instead of simulators.
In the works - stay tuned!
We need to trigger external effects (eg on a USB-attached embedded device) and sometimes do stuff like forget a BLE device in system settings. We‘ve been looking into making a fake mouse that can achieve the latter. If you can support both use cases, you‘ve won.
> fake mouse

That's what I'm doing with my new project, Valet. It's a Raspberry Pi configured to be a fake mouse, keyboard, and an Android (touch stylus). Works well on iOS and Android.