Software · Utilities & files

Haystack

Edit OpenQA needles.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: GPL-3.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Flathub
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Jan-Willem Harmannij
Latest version: 1.3.0 (29 October 2026)
Latest activity: 29 October 2026
Source code: gitlab.gnome.org/jwharm/Haystack

At a glance

All of Haystack is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Haystack is a small GNOME application for editing OpenQA needles. A needle is a screenshot on which areas have been marked that must match with the output of a system under test in OpenQA. The application works on a local needles repository. You open the repository folder, select a needle to edit, and start drawing. You can also change the screenshot, either from a local file, or copy-pasting one from elsewhere (for example a failed test in OpenQA). For any feedback, questions or general issues, please file an issue on the GitLab page.

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Sources and checks

Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 8 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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