Table of contents
1.
Introduction
2.
What are Desired Capabilities? 
3.
Supported Environments 
4.
Managing Desired Capabilities
5.
Frequently Asked Questions
5.1.
What is Katalon Studio?
5.2.
What are desired capabilities in Katalon Studio?
5.3.
Can you re-use desired capabilities in Katalon Studio?
6.
Conclusion
Last Updated: Aug 13, 2025

Introduction to Desired Capabilities in Katalon Studio

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Introduction

Katalon is an automating testing software that lets the users test web, mobile or desktop applications and APIs without coding, to deliver efficient and robust software to the consumers. The software is built over the Selenium and Appium automation frameworks, and makes testing convenient and code-free. 

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What are Desired Capabilities? 

Desired capabilities are key-value pairs that help the user specify browser properties such as browser name, version, path of the browser driver in the system etc. Configuring additional driver instances like ChromeDriver, FirefoxDriverSelenium WebDruver etc., can be useful in mobile testing, and adding extra browser settings in web testing. 

These capabilities can be defined, changed and customised in the project settings by visiting. 

Project > Settings > Desired Capabilities.
 

Supported Environments 

In various environments, the desired capabilities can be added, deleted or altered according to the need for customisation or application requirements. There are different methods to set up desired capabilities in WebUI testing, mobile testing, Windows Desktop App testing, etc. 
 

Managing Desired Capabilities

You can re-use desired capabilities across various Katalon Studio projects by importing and exporting capabilities in JSON files, version 8.0.0 onwards. This can be done by visiting Project>Settings>Desired Capabilities, and choosing the required action- import or export. 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Katalon Studio?

Katalon is an automating testing software, that lets the users test web, mobile or desktop applications and APIs without coding, to deliver efficient and robust softwares to the consumers.
 

What are desired capabilities in Katalon Studio?

Desired capabilities are key-value pairs that help the user specify browser properties such as browser name, version, path of the driver etc. These desired capabilities can be defined in the Project > Settings > Desired Capabilities.
 

Can you re-use desired capabilities in Katalon Studio?

From version 8.0.0 onwards, desired capabilities can be re-used across various Katalon Studio projects by importing or exporting JSON files.

 

Conclusion

In this blog, we learnt about Desired Capabilities in Katalon Studio, their need, usage, and application. Share this article with your fellow ninjas if you found it helpful. Along with this, visit our platform Coding Ninjas Studio to read informational articles on important computer fundamentals like DBMSDSACompetitive ProgrammingPythonJava, etc. Happy Coding!!

 

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