How to Install Allure Test Report Tool on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Allure is a popular test report tool that generates attractive and feature‑rich reports, supporting multiple programming languages and testing frameworks.

Windows installation

1. Install Java and verify with java -version .

2. Download the latest allure‑commandline‑*-bin.zip from the Allure GitHub releases page, extract it (e.g., to C:\Program Files\Allure ), and add the bin directory to the system PATH environment variable.

3. Verify the installation with allure --version .

macOS installation

1. Install Homebrew using /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/main/install.sh)" .

2. Install Java via brew install openjdk .

3. Install Allure via brew install allure .

4. Verify the installation with allure --version .

Linux installation (Ubuntu example)

1. Install Java with sudo apt update and sudo apt install default-jdk .

2. Install Allure with sudo apt update and sudo apt install allure .

3. Verify the installation with allure --version .

Important considerations

Ensure that Java and Allure paths are correctly added to the environment variables, check version compatibility with your test frameworks, keep the tools updated, allocate sufficient disk space for report data, and monitor log file sizes.

Generating a test report

Assuming test results are stored in a results directory, run allure generate ./results -o ./report --clean to create a report folder containing the detailed report.

Viewing the test report

Start a local web server and open the report with allure serve ./results .

Summary

The guide covers installing Java, setting up Allure, configuring environment variables, verifying installations, and using Allure to generate and view test reports on Windows, macOS, and Linux.