Top 8 JavaScript test-runner Projects

Cypress

174 46,278 9.8 JavaScript

Fast, easy and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser.

Project mention: Simulating Internet Outage and Recovery using Cypress | dev.to | 2024-01-25

In this blog post, we'll explore a Cypress test that replicates this scenario, utilizing the powerful intercept command to manipulate network requests and responses.

ava

34 20,648 7.8 JavaScript

Node.js test runner that lets you develop with confidence 🚀

Project mention: Painless CLI integration testing | dev.to | 2024-01-10

We use Jest Framework for testing. Jest is not a dogma, and, of course, in its place can be any other test runner, such as Mocha or Ava. Let's focus on tests. I'll provide a short example because I don’t want to waste your time. You can find the full version here. It's crucial to read the comments in the code below. Let's go!

SurveyJS

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Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
Enzyme

33 19,961 6.7 JavaScript

JavaScript Testing utilities for React

Project mention: The best testing strategies for frontends | dev.to | 2024-04-22

Probably Enzyme was the first to popularize component testing in React by doing shallow rendering and expecting some things to be there in the React component tree. Then React Testing library came and took component testing to a whole new level.

karma

9 11,929 5.0 JavaScript

Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript
dredd

15 4,146 1.2 JavaScript

Language-agnostic HTTP API Testing Tool

Project mention: The Uncreative Software Engineer's Compendium to Testing | dev.to | 2023-07-31

Dredd: used to test APIs based on the API blueprint or OpenAPI specification, to ensure implementation matches the specification.

baretest

1 421 0.0 JavaScript

An extremely fast and simple JavaScript test runner.
Mochify

0 345 0.0 JavaScript

☕️ TDD with Browserify, Mocha, Headless Chrome and WebDriver
InfluxDB

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Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
oletus

2 45 2.6 JavaScript

Minimal ECMAScript Module test runner

Project mention: Jest not recommended to be used in Node.js due to instanceOf operator issues | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-06-30

I am currently one of the maintainers of Oletus.
[1] https://bun.sh/docs/cli/test
[2] https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/3158
[3] https://github.com/bearror/oletus

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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