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Elegant PHP testing framework built on PHPUnit with a Jest-like API; the default for new Laravel apps.

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

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

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

Head to head

Metric	Pest	pytest	JUnit	xUnit.net
Stars	11.8k	14.7k	7.1k	4.6k
Weekly downloads	n/a	233M	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	+24%	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	74/100	89/100	70/100	67/100
Forks	559	3.6k	1.7k	844
Open issues	187	930	113	16
Last commit	5d ago	4d ago	today	3d ago
Latest version	n/a	9.2.0Oct 27, 2026	n/a	n/a
License	MIT	MIT	EPL-2.0	n/a
First released	2020	2015	2015	2013
Signals	Rising	Popular	Popular	Popular
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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