# Install galen with Homebrew, Nix Automated testing of look and feel for responsive websites. Version 2.4.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:galen ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install galen ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#galen ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ga/galen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:galen - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.4.4 - **Source summary:** Automated testing of look and feel for responsive websites - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:24-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - galen (cli) - galen (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.4.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/galenframework/galen - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Unix: galen.config, ~/.galen.config ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** galen - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - galen: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ga/galen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [bzt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bzt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, selenium, testing. - [allure](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/allure/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [artillery](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/artillery/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [busted](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/busted/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [cargo-fuzz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-fuzz/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [cargo-hack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-hack/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [cargo-insta](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-insta/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [cargo-nextest](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-nextest/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [selenium-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/selenium-server/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. 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