What is Rocketship?

Rocketship is a QA testing framework designed for coding agents to test customer journeys in web applications. It uses declarative YAML test specifications stored in a .rocketship directory, with each test composed of steps that call plugins like HTTP, Supabase, Playwright, and Agent. The framework includes a CLI for local execution, variable passing, retry policies, lifecycle hooks, and a plugin ecosystem for APIs and protocols. Users can run tests locally with automatic server management via the -a flag, or deploy Rocketship on their own infrastructure for scheduled runs and history persistence. It requires Temporal for orchestration, with optional Playwright for browser testing and Claude Agent SDK for AI-driven steps.

Should you self-host Rocketship?

Rocketship scores 43/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #9 of 10 in Testing. It has 182 GitHub stars.

It shipped 10 stable releases in the past year. The latest, v0.5.43, came out on 18 January 2026. New versions land roughly every 2 days.

Setup is advanced: plan for several services and some ongoing maintenance. It is MIT-licensed and written mostly in Go.

Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is Locust (78/100, 28 245 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See Rocketship vs Locust side by side.