Easily detect UI/UX issues in websites, platforms, and web apps by automating the testing process. Accelerate development, and ensure client-facing software quality effortlessly while focusing on the important aspects of your business.
Dear amazing Product Hunt community,
I hope you are having a nice day!
Since 2014, I have explored the space and hunted for exciting products on this platform that help my fellow developers be more productive and create better products that billions of people will use.
💡 Today, I am thrilled to introduce a project that aligns perfectly with our shared interests. It empowers you to detect and automate the resolution of UI/UX issues on websites, platforms, apps, and everything else that makes the 🌐 so fantastic.
Why don't you give it a try today!
As a founder that supports several websites and platforms on my own this is a great tool. I really like that I can make changes without worrying about messing things up on the UI/UX side. This happens a lot because I don't really understand front-end well, and I'm just learning by trial and error.
@lubomir_fotev1 Thank you!
One of the key components of Buglab is its ease of use.
Especially when several web properties should be monitored regularly.
@memphys_sk Thanks!
You can set up user interactions in the interface. Clicking, hovering, typing text, and so on. The same way a user will interact with it. In all cases, the tests will create a baseline and every next run the current state will be compared to the baseline.
On the reporting side, we have a complete overview of the visual results and HTML of the tested pages.
In addition, you will receive an email whenever a test fails.
We are continuously expanding and improving the platform, so more options will be available down the line.
I find the product interesting and I am willing to give it a try. If I understand correctly, it should be able to automatically navigate through web pages to simulate UX processes and generate screenshots, making web testing more convenient. I believe a similar tool will be needed for my app development as well. Our engineers once attempted to use a headless browser to write a Python script for this purpose.
@brandon_cccc Buglab can simulate UX processes, yes. It doesn't do it completely automatically as the platform will require some guidance. But once set up it will run automatically and notify you when something is out of order.
I believe that this product could be beneficial for our needs. I would like to inquire whether you offer an open API, as I am interested in integrating the triggering of tests and the display of test results into our work group on Slack. This would allow us to view the test status and results directly in our work group without the need to access your website. If you do offer an open API, I would be willing to pay for the service.
@brandon_cccc We currently don't support Slack integration, but it is on the roadmap. Let's discuss your inquiry further and we'll do our best to promptly deliver what you need.
Congrats on the launch! How does Buglab handle complex UI elements like dynamic content or interactive components, and can it integrate seamlessly into existing development workflows without disrupting productivity?
@r_martirosyan Thank you for the questions!
You can choose what to do with dynamic content. Either ignore it if it's something like an ad slot for example or keep tabs on the changes every time a test is complete.
Interactive components can be interacted with. Buttons can be clicked, elements hovered, and inputs filled, just to mention a few examples.
We've built Buglab as a stand-alone tool. As development workflows evolve, there are many ways to develop a product. With that in mind, Buglab will not interfere with the workflow directly. You can decide what to these and when to test. We use it in both Production and Development environments.
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When you launch on Product Hunt!
We are so sorry. Sadly, there is nothing we can do at the moment.
I'll be sure to update here when everything is up and running again.
EDIT: It looks like we are up and running again!
Apologies for the inconvenience.
Hello Product Hunt!
Yordan here, one of Buglab’s co-founders.
Being a designer and front-end developer for a decade now, I’m deeply in love with quality software. But in order to consume quality web content someone has to create it. Furthermore, someone has to ensure the quality in the long run.
Working together with my co-founders for 9 out of those 10 years in the field, we noticed an odd gap in the software world. A huge amount of software is produced on a daily basis. Especially in the last few years. The vast majority of the effort is focused on the development and testing of the logic or the functional back-end of software. Little to no resources are dedicated to the user interfaces of those complex solutions.
We’ve experienced all of the pain points in ensuring software quality over the years. Surprisingly for us, the UI testing market didn’t provide a good enough solution for our own internal testing needs.
We tried to solve our problem in-house. As it turns out, a lot of teams lack the capital or the human resource to ensure UI quality in the long run, as we did.
That’s why we created Buglab.
We designed Buglab around resource optimization and ease of use.
With Buglab you:
can test the UI of your web apps with ease;
can spend your time on the important stuff. Not counting pixels on a screen;
get notified when something goes wrong (before your clients see it);
don’t need to code;
don’t need to provide access to your codebase or add any third-party scripts;
don’t need to do manual work over and over again;
Even though we are not directly focusing on functional testing, you can create custom tests with human-like behaviours: click buttons, fill inputs, submit forms, scroll pages, and more.
The result of your tests will produce both of the following:
Visual comparisons - screenshots comparing your baseline to the current state of the UI. Everything red equals discrepancies.
Snapshots of the rendered HTML of the tested web pages - making it easy to find the root cause of any discrepancies.
And a few corner cases we never thought of, but our early adopters did:
One migrated servers and lost client data with no backups (OOPS!). The data was completely retrieved from the test results in Buglab.
One is keeping tabs on Terms and Conditions pages and Privacy policy pages.
Thank you for your support!
@bogomep Thank you for the question.
We've identified a few competitors on the market of course. Most if not all have high barriers to entry, require development experience, and are quite pricy.
We did our best to minimise all those requirements and provide an easy-to-use testing tool for people with various backgrounds.
You can use Buglab to ensure your website is up and running.
And you can use it to test complex end-to-end and UI cases.
Give it a try and tell us what you think!
We are actively listening.
@tracey_barbour Thank you!
A PM suggested using Buglab to track the progress between the design and development teams. Quite interesting. We didn't think of that option.
@zenda1122 Thank you! In one use case, the time reduction using Buglab compared to other methods landed at 25 times. That surprised us even more than our client.
I think tools like this will soon be used as a standard requirement. It greatly simplifies work and optimizes processes. Congratulations to the team on the launch!
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