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Standard Java testing framework; JUnit 6 unified versioning and requires Java 17+.

De facto Python testing framework with plain asserts, powerful fixtures and 1,000+ plugins.

Modern, community-focused unit testing framework for .NET and the default in many new C# projects.

Mature, attribute-driven .NET unit testing framework with rich assertions and parameterized tests.

Head to head

Metric	JUnit	pytest	xUnit.net	NUnit
Stars	7.1k	14.7k	4.6k	2.6k
Weekly downloads	n/a	233M	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	+24%	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	70/100	89/100	67/100	62/100
Forks	1.7k	3.6k	844	770
Open issues	113	930	16	280
Last commit	today	4d ago	3d ago	1d ago
Latest version	n/a	9.2.0Oct 27, 2026	n/a	n/a
License	EPL-2.0	MIT	n/a	MIT
First released	2015	2015	2013	2013
Signals	Popular	Popular	Popular	None
Listed in	Testing & QA › Unit Testing: Python, JVM, .NET, Go & More	Testing & QA › Unit Testing: Python, JVM, .NET, Go & More	Testing & QA › Unit Testing: Python, JVM, .NET, Go & More	Testing & QA › Unit Testing: Python, JVM, .NET, Go & More

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