bluepill ☆

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Description:
Testing tool for iOS that runs UI tests using multiple simulators

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 5.13.0@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: ios testing xctest ci-cd simulator developer-tool

Install: brew install bluepill

About:
Bluepill is a command-line tool that runs iOS UI tests in parallel across multiple simulators. It improves testing efficiency by distributing test cases and automatically detecting and retrying flaky tests. The tool is designed to significantly reduce CI build times for large iOS projects.

Key Features:

Parallel test execution across multiple simulators
Automatic detection and retry of flaky tests
Detailed JSON and JUnit reporting
Configuration via simple JSON files
XCTest result parsing and aggregation

Use Cases:

Accelerating CI/CD pipelines for iOS applications
Running large UI test suites that take too long sequentially
Identifying and isolating flaky tests in a test suite

Alternatives:

xcodebuild – Xcode's native tool runs tests sequentially by default, making Bluepill much faster for large suites.
Appium – Appium is for cross-platform automation, while Bluepill is specifically optimized for native iOS XCTest parallelization.

License: BSD-2-Clause

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, arm64_monterey, sonoma, ventura, monterey

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 12, 2025 6:31pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	f5084ed3