Fuzz Map

Dev tools

gui fuzzer

SHOW HN2022

205points
33comments
#274of 2,570 in 2022
Top 11%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

7 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.

Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Impressive and useful demo of UI fuzzing

    From 3 comments
  • Interest in UI fuzzing in CI pipelines

    From 2 comments
    • I am so excited to see this live! I always wanted something like this for testing games and complex SPA's. UI's are particularly problematic for writing tests -- there's usually…
      joeycodes on HN
    • ``` > In the short term, I'd like to make a plug-and-play version of Fuzz Map that supports end-to-end React fuzzing. You won't have to change your build process or use a special…
      kretaceous on HN

Objections

  • Demo video did not play in some browsers

    From 1 comment
    • > Here's a 5-second video of real-time fuzzing on my laptop. The space where the video is supposed to be is blank. Clicking on play instantly skips to 0:05 mark and nothing else…
      huhtenberg on HN
  • Fuzzing CPU use is high

    From 1 comment
    • i kind of like having the video. actually running the fuzzer uses a lot of CPU: it makes my fan startup. it works fine here on Firefox + Debian GNU/Linux 11 stable/bullseye.
      anarcat on HN
  • Name 'fuzzing' is misleading

    From 1 comment
    • Why is this process called "Fuzzing"? Isn't this a really uninformative/ misleading name?
      tpoacher on HN

Requests

  • Support for other frameworks like Angular

    From 1 comment
    • Do you plan to extend the support to other frameworks too, like Angular? A UI fuzzer would be handy to have in the toolbelt. Really enjoyed the write up, it answered some of the…
      Klaster_1 on HN
  • Plug-and-play React fuzzing via reverse proxy

    From 1 comment
    • ``` > In the short term, I'd like to make a plug-and-play version of Fuzz Map that supports end-to-end React fuzzing. You won't have to change your build process or use a special…
      kretaceous on HN
  • Property-based testing support

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice! Does this tool have a state model that you can check the application state against? In other words, does it have property-based testing? Here[1] is a demo of what that…
      stephendause on HN

Questions

  • How code coverage is measured

    From 1 comment
    • Wow, that is cool. How do you do code coverage? Console.log() every function call?
      terpimost on HN
  • How it handles complex UIs and noise

    From 1 comment
    • wow! this is very cool. I wonder how this would work with slightly more complicated UIs. Does it create too much noise? Does anyone need this kind of verbosity?
      makach on HN

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