<s>
Appium	B-Library
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
automation	B-Application
tool	O
for	O
running	O
scripts	O
and	O
testing	O
native	O
applications	O
,	O
mobile-web	O
applications	O
and	O
hybrid	O
applications	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
or	O
iOS	B-Application
using	O
a	O
webdriver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Appium	B-Library
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Dan	O
Cuellar	O
in	O
2011	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
iOSAuto	O
"	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
C#	B-Application
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
open-sourced	B-Application
in	O
August	O
2012	O
using	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
2	I-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
Sauce	O
Labs	O
agreed	O
to	O
fund	O
Appium	B-Library
's	O
development	O
and	O
motivated	O
its	O
code	O
to	O
be	O
rewritten	O
using	O
Node.js	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Appium	B-Library
won	O
the	O
2014	O
Bossie	O
award	O
of	O
InfoWorld	O
for	O
the	O
best	O
open	O
source	O
desktop	O
and	O
mobile	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Appium	B-Library
was	O
also	O
selected	O
as	O
an	O
Open	O
Source	O
Rookie	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
by	O
Black	O
Duck	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
Appium	B-Library
joined	O
the	O
JS	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
