Appium and its versions

[vnvbsudhakar]

1. What is the difference between Appium Version, Appium Server Version and Appium Desktop version.
   I installed Appium Desktop 1.6.2 on my windows system but when I launch the Appium UI I see Start server V1.8.1

2. What is that we are launching when we double click Appium icon after installation. Is it Appium server or Appium Desktop or what is that.?

[MrZigaS]

Appium Desktop is an open source app for Mac, Windows, and Linux which gives you the power of the Appium automation server in a beautiful and flexible UI. It is a combination of a few Appium-related tools:

• A graphical interface for the Appium Server. You can set options, start/stop the server, see logs, etc… You also don’t need to use Node/NPM to install Appium, as the Node runtime comes bundled with Appium Desktop.

• An Inspector that you can use to look at your app’s elements, get basic information about them, and perform basic interactions with them. This is useful as a way to learn about Appium or as a way to learn about your app so you can write tests for it.

appium/appium-desktop

[vnvbsudhakar]

Thanks for the reply but my question is 1.What is the difference between Appium Version, Appium Server Version and Appium Desktop version.
I installed Appium Desktop 1.6.2 on my windows system but when I launch the Appium UI/desktop icon, I see Start server V1.8.1

what is version 1.6.2 and 1.8.1