Welcome to Jumpstarter

Jumpstarter is a free and open source testing tool that bridges the gap between development workflows and deployment environments. It enables you to test your software stack consistently across both real hardware and virtual environments using cloud native principles. See Jumpstarter in action:

One tool, any target. Jumpstarter decouples devices from test runners, letting you use identical automation scripts everywhere - your Makefile for device testing.

• 🧪 Unified Testing - One tool for local, virtual, and remote hardware

• 🐍 Python-Powered - Leverage Python’s testing ecosystem

• 🔌 Hardware Abstraction - Simplify complex hardware interfaces with drivers

• 🌐 Collaborative - Share test hardware globally

• ⚙️ CI/CD Ready - Works with cloud native developer environments and pipelines

• 💻 Cross-Platform - Supports Linux and macOS

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