Is gemini still maintained?
No — gemini stopped being maintained around November 2019. gemini's own maintainers named testplane as the successor.
- Status
- No longer maintained
- Last maintained
- November 2019
- Use instead
testplane— on npm- Succession
- Successor named by the maintainers
- Drop-in
- no — expect code changes
- Confidence
- medium
What should I use instead of gemini?
gemini's own maintainers named testplane as the successor. testplane is not a drop-in replacement, so expect to change call sites.
How to migrate from gemini to testplane
Gemini's .gemini.yml suites and setCaptureElements API have no direct equivalent; tests are rewritten as Testplane specs using assertView() for screenshot assertions.
Why gemini is on this list
Gemini was a visual regression tool from the gemini-testing team; its repository is archived, its description reads "[DEPRECATED] Use hermione" and its homepage points at the Hermione repository. Hermione took over the screenshot-comparison role and was itself later renamed to Testplane by the same team, so Testplane is where that lineage now lives. Gemini's last release was 7.5.2 in November 2019.
The succession is well supported, but it is not the only defensible choice.
gemini alternatives
Beyond the primary recommendation, these are credible for gemini's use case:
@playwright/test— view on npmbackstopjs— view on npm
Check your own project for gemini
npx dead-deps --all --min-state unmaintainedRun that in the directory holding your lockfile. If gemini is anywhere in your tree — a direct dependency or buried under something else — it appears in the report with this verdict, this successor and the same evidence links, alongside anything else that has stopped moving. Nothing is uploaded; the scan reads your lockfile locally and queries public registry metadata.
Exit code 1 means something was flagged, which makes npx dead-deps --min-state deprecated usable as a CI gate. See how verdicts are produced.
Evidence
Every claim on this page traces to a primary source. Check them:
- gemini-testing/gemini repository (archived, "[DEPRECATED] Use hermione")github.com
- Testplane README: rename from Hermione, by the same gemini-testing teamgithub.com
Packages related to gemini
- hermioneRenamed package: testplane · unmaintained since June 2024
- karmaSuccessor named by the maintainers: vitest · unmaintained since April 2023
- jasmine-nodeSuccessor named by the maintainers: jasmine · unmaintained since May 2019
- nightmareReplacement project: playwright · unmaintained since April 2019
- protractorReplacement project: @playwright/test · unmaintained since April 2021
See the full index of covered packages, or read the methodology for how a verdict is reached and why a quiet package is not a dead one.