Bug Magnet

Right-click context menu to help with exploratory testing

What is Bug Magnet?

Bug Magnet is a Chrome extension serving as an exploratory testing assistant, adding commonly problematic values and edge cases to the context menu. This extension is valuable for its easy accessibility during testing sessions. It works on input fields, areas, content editable DIVs, and multi-frame pages within the same domain. Notable for its low overhead per page and the fact that it does not interfere with web app execution. Bug Magnet is customizable and extendable, making it a versatile tool for exploratory testing.

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Extension stats

By: https://bugmagnet.org

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Users: 40,000+

Rating: 4.33 (60) ▲ 0.02

Version: 3.0 (Last updated: 2017-12-04)

Creation date: 2017-12-04

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

contextMenus
storage
activeTab

Size: 40.61K

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 4546 ▼ 2

Other rankings

#637 in Developer Tools ▲ 1 #229 in context menu keyword 22 ▼ 6

Other platforms

Bug Magnet (v3.1resigned1)

4.17

(6) 791

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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Exploratory testing assistant for Chrome. Adds common problematic values and edge cases to the context menu (right-click) for editable elements, so you can keep them handy and access them easily during exploratory testing sessions.

Convenient access to common boundaries and edge cases for exploratory testing
Extend easily with your own config files
Works on input fields, text areas, content editable DIVs
Works on multi-frame pages, but only if they are from the same domain
Tiny overhead per page (<1k), no 3rd party library dependencies, completely passive, so it does not interfere with your web app execution in any way
Opensource and customisable (https://github.com/gojko/bugmagnet)

Version 3.0 is a major overhaul with lots of new features, check out https://bugmagnet.org/v3.html for a list of new features

User reviews

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Pros

Useful for exploratory testing and quickly inputting edge cases and common values.
Excellent for Quality Assurance teams and onboarding.
Reduces effort associated with test data entry.
Highly recommended for checking boundary values and different types of test data.

Cons

Extension will be removed soon from the web store.
Does not work with some input fields, particularly those that utilize content editable HTML5 mode.
Users have reported issues with the extension not starting or functioning properly after installation.
Right-click options for Bug Magnet not appearing after installation.

Most mentioned

Extension does not work once installed.
Unable to see Bug Magnet options in the context menu after installation.

Recent reviews

Александр Шляпкин, 2024-11-13

This is super useful for exploratory testing.

misa mohamadi, 2024-11-11

This is super useful for exploratory testing - to quickly input edge cases and common values. Too bad its going to go away soon from the webstore. If you are looking for an alternative - TestChimps' extension now offers the same capability with 2 additional nifty tricks: 1) Supports dynamic values - such as current date, time, year, random numbers, amounts, urls etc. 2) Right-click to add custom vocabulary values - Say you are repetitively using a few values in your sessions. You can easily add them to the vocabulary with a right-click, making them quickly accessible the next time you need it. Here is the link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/testchimp-create-api-auto/ailhophdeloancmhdklbbkobcbbnbglm