Argus - Agentic visual UI testing for teams whose coding agents outpace QA
Show HN: Argus, agentic QA for teams whose coding agents move faster than QA
Argus is a local, open-source visual UI testing app that uses AI agents to test your UI like a real user. Describe a test in plain language, point it at any HTTP(S) page, and watch as five specialized agents collaborate to explore, plan, and execute the test in a real browser. It captures timelines, screenshots, and structured reports automatically, eliminating the need for scripted tests or fragile selectors. Built on Playwright, it works with localhost and private-network apps, and offers a hosted platform for instant setup. Ideal for teams with fast-moving coding agents that need equally agile QA.
Argus finds the bugs you didn't write tests for. Point it at a page, describe what 'working' looks like, and an autonomous agent explores your UI the way a real user would—clicking, typing, scrolling—then hands you a structured report with screenshots and a timeline.
- debarshri
I dont this is top most priority. We do this with codex or claude in chrome and validate the UX.
I think BDD is going to be back in style for agent generate code.
When you generate at scale discovering, maintaining and scaling test is the major problem, thats why were katana [1] a behavior driven testinf utility thay discovers behavior and maintain, generates test cases.
- ramoz
"It reads the screen, not the DOM", but is built completely on Playwright? At first it made me think you have some visual model at play, but doesn't actually seem that way.
- rgbrgb
CI with regular e2e tests usually gets pretty expensive and slow. How does cost compare to regular playwright tests?