install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install galen

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#galen

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ga/galen/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Automated testing of look and feel for responsive websites

Project links

Commands and aliases

galen

history

Project history and usage

Galen Framework is an open-source layout, responsive-design, and functional testing tool for websites. It combines Selenium-driven browser interaction with a domain-specific spec language for checking element positions, sizes, and visual relationships.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in September 2013. Upstream documentation says Galen was originally designed for testing web-application layout and later also became useful for functional testing.

The official documentation and release/news list show a 2.x line focused on spec language improvements, object groups, heatmaps, spec generation, and mutation testing. GitHub releases include the 2.4.x series through 2.4.4 in March 2019.

Adoption history

Galen appeared during the responsive-web testing boom, when teams needed automated checks across browser sizes rather than only DOM-level assertions. Its adoption surface includes command-line use, Java/Maven/TestNG integration, JavaScript tests, IDE syntax support, BrowserStack examples, and package-manager entries in Homebrew and Nix from the supplied facts.

How it is used

A Galen test opens a page in a browser, resizes it to a requested viewport, and checks the layout against user-defined specs. When checks fail, Galen reports the error, makes a screenshot, and highlights the affected element.

Configuration is project-local through galen.config or global through ~/.galen.config, both documented by upstream.

Why package nerds care

Galen is package-relevant because it packages an opinionated browser-testing stack into a CLI/JVM tool at the boundary of Selenium, Java, JavaScript, and front-end workflow tooling. It also illustrates a once-common distribution pattern for QA tools: upstream zip/script installs plus package-manager wrappers.

Timeline

2013: GitHub repository created.
2015: Galen 2.0 release announced with a new spec language implementation.
2016: Galen 2.3 release announced.
2018: Galen 2.4 release announced with spec generator and mutation testing.
2019: GitHub release galen-2.4.4 published.

Related projects

Galen depends conceptually on Selenium for browser interaction.
Official docs link Java/TestNG usage, JavaScript tests, BrowserStack integration examples, and IDE support projects including galen.vim.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: galen.config~/.galen.config

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`galen`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version2.4.4

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/galenframework/galen

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/galenframework/galennone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:galen
Version	2.4.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/galen
Homepage	https://galenframework.com/
Repository	https://github.com/galenframework/galen
Upstream docs	https://galenframework.com/docs/all
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/galenframework/galen/releases/download/galen-2.4.4/galen-bin-2.4.4.zip
Last updated	2026-06-22T14:03:24-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	openjdk
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	galen
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

galen

nix profile install nixpkgs#galen

normalized package name match
Matched by: Galen

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package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/galen.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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