1# Welcome to the ATF project! 2 3ATF, or Automated Testing Framework, is a **collection of libraries** to 4write test programs in **C, C++ and POSIX shell**. 5 6The ATF libraries offer a simple API. The API is orthogonal through the 7various bindings, allowing developers to quickly learn how to write test 8programs in different languages. 9 10ATF-based test programs offer a **consistent end-user command-line 11interface** to allow both humans and automation to run the tests. 12 13ATF-based test programs **rely on an execution engine** to be run and 14this execution engine is *not* shipped with ATF. 15**[Kyua](https://github.com/jmmv/kyua/) is the engine of choice.** 16 17## Download 18 19Formal releases for source files are available for download from GitHub: 20 21* [atf 0.20](../../releases/tag/atf-0.20), released on February 7th, 2014. 22 23## Installation 24 25You are encouraged to install binary packages for your operating system 26wherever available: 27 28* Fedora 20 and above: install the `atf` package with `yum install atf`. 29 30* FreeBSD 10.0 and above: install the `atf` package with `pkg install atf`. 31 32* NetBSD with pkgsrc: install the `pkgsrc/devel/atf` package. 33 34* OpenBSD: install the `devel/atf` package with `pkg_add atf`. 35 36Should you want to build and install ATF from the source tree provided 37here, follow the instructions in the [INSTALL file](INSTALL). 38 39## Support 40 41Please use the 42[atf-discuss mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/atf-discuss) 43for any support inquiries related to `atf-c`, `atf-c++` or `atf-sh`. 44 45If you have any questions on Kyua proper, please use the 46[kyua-discuss mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kyua-discuss) 47instead. 48