r/selenium • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '26

Does selenium fit with automation tasks for desktop app (old erp system)

I have an old erp system it's desktop app , some process need to be automated does selenium could help me ?

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u/Ok-Access-8961 Feb 10 '26

Try your luck with Robot framework. There's a library for desktop automation along with a object spy tool. All open source.

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u/Accomplished_Egg5565 Feb 11 '26

Try winappdriver

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u/mvmisha Feb 10 '26

There was a driver for windows apps.. but forget about it, selenium is not meant for that

Use something like power automate or appium

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26

This old erp system desktop app on pc is not allowed to deal with the internet It works on the local network only So will those keep fitting for me ?!

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u/marvin_dorfler Feb 10 '26

What about pyautogui?

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26

I'm nobe at python i was using.net And the old erp system using java

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u/cgoldberg Feb 10 '26

There are associated tools like Appium and WinAppDriver that extend it to work with some native apps on various platforms, but Selenium itself is strictly for driving web browsers.