httest is a script based tool for testing and benchmarking web applications, web servers, proxy servers and web browsers. httest can emulate clients and servers in the same test script, very useful for testing proxys.
The r4st ("Our Forest") project is a set of tools to assist with the rapid development of a database application. It uses shell scripts to drop/add Postgresql database tables/views with data loaded from sql and csv files. This process allows users to apply changes then re-build the system. It is essentially a customizable database regression system. The base schema and data module represent a plant database intended for educational and scientific usage.
"Yet Another Do-It-Yourself (Test) Automation Framework" specification. Use or modify one of the existing software implementations (hosted/referenced here), or implement the framework yourself. Download and read the spec for more details.