ava

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

A minimal runner that runs tests concurrently.

When to choose it: Node test suites that benefit from running tests in parallel with a small, opinionated API.

  • + Concurrent by default
  • + Minimal API
  • + Good isolation
  • - No built-in mocking
  • - Smaller ecosystem
Latest version
8.0.1
Monthly downloads
2,356,201
GitHub stars
20,853
Minified + gzip
0.4 kB
Dependencies
40
License
MIT

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