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List of unit testing frameworks
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This page is a list of tables of code-driven unit testing frameworks for various programming languages. Some of these are based on xUnit, but not all of them are.
Columns
- Name: This column contains the name of the framework and will usually link to it.
- xUnit: This column indicates whether a framework should be considered of xUnit type.
- TAP: This column indicates whether a framework can emit TAP output for TAP-compliant testing harnesses.
- Generators: Indicates whether a framework supports data generators. Data generators generate input data for a test and the test is run for each input data that the generator produces.
- Fixtures: Indicates whether a framework supports test-local fixtures. Test-local fixtures ensure a specified environment for a single test.
- Group fixtures: Indicates whether a framework supports group fixtures. Group fixtures ensure a specified environment for a whole group of Tests
- Other columns: These columns indicate whether a specific language / tool feature is available / used by a framework.
- Remarks: Any remarks.
Languages
| Name |
xUnit |
Remarks |
| ASUnit |
Yes |
Testing framework for AppleScript, influenced by SUnit, ASTest and Python unittest |
| ASTest |
Yes |
A testing framework for AppleScript |
| Name |
xUnit |
Fixtures |
Group fixtures |
Generators |
Mocks |
Exceptions |
Macros |
Templates |
Grouping |
Remarks |
| Aeryn |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Boost Test Library |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
User decision |
Yes |
Suites |
Part of Boost |
| C++test |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Commercial. |
| Cantata++ |
No |
No |
No |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Commercial. Provides ability to modify calls from software under test; e.g. test error conditions by forcing malloc to return null. |
| cfix |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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For Win32. Aims at minimizing development effort. Separates test code (compiled/linked into a DLL) from test runner (provided by cfix). |
| CppUnit |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Suites |
http://cppunit.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi |
| CppUTest |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Suites |
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| CppUnitLite |
Yes |
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No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Suites |
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| CUTE |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Suites |
CUTE (C++ Unit Testing Easier) with Eclipse CDT integration. Single line include, without inheritance. |
| cutee |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
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| CxxTest |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes* |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
Suites |
Uses a simple C++ parser and code generator (requiring Perl or Python) for test registration. * Has a framework for generating mocks of global functions, but not for generating mocks of objects. |
| Fructose |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
A simple unit test framework. See also Accu |
| Google C++ Testing Framework |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Supports automatic test discovery, a rich set of assertions, user-defined assertions, death tests, fatal and non-fatal failures, various options for running the tests, and XML test report generation. |
| hestia |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Suites |
Open source. Can test servers, libraries, and applications, and also test embedded software. |
| NanoCppUnit |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Suites |
Proof-of-concept |
| OAKUT |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes (XML) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
XML |
Uses shared libraries / DLLs |
| QuickTest |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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| QUnit |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
50 lines of code only |
| ShortCUT |
No |
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Yes |
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| SymbianOSunit |
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Based on CxxUnit |
| TBrun |
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Commercial |
| Test soon |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Auto-detect |
Yes |
Yes |
Macro (namespaces) |
Complex macro logic (deliberately) |
| Testwell CTA++ |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| TUT |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Templates |
Templates for registration |
| Unit++ |
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| UnitTest |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Windows C++ UnitTest Framework |
| UnitTest++ |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Suites |
Release notes |
| VectorCAST/C++ |
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| xTests |
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Depends on STLSoft C++ Libraries |
| Yaktest |
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| Name |
xUnit |
Fixtures |
Group fixtures |
Generators |
Mocks |
Exceptions |
Macros |
Templates |
Grouping |
Remarks |
| Name |
xUnit |
Remarks |
| HtmlUnit |
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Java headless browser emulator |
| HttpUnit |
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testing framework for web applications, typically used in combination with JUnit |
| IEUnit |
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testing framework for web applications, based on IE browser and Javascript |
| Canoo WebTest |
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| Selenium |
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Testing framework that runs in IE and Firefox to test webpages. |
| Name |
xUnit |
Remarks |
| mlUnit |
Yes |
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| Phelan's MUnit |
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The code is not available for download and an additional license restriction appears to violate the GPL, under which the code is purportedly licensed. |
| Lombardi's MUnit |
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Similar to xUnit |
.NET programming languages
| Name |
xUnit |
Remarks |
| csUnit |
Yes |
includes GUI, command line, VS2005 plug-in; supports C#, VB.NET, Managed C++, J#, other .NET languages; integrated with ReSharper |
| NUnit |
Yes |
includes GUI, command line, integrates into VisualStudio with ReSharper |
| Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition |
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Includes a comprehensive set of unit testing tools. |
| MbUnit |
Yes |
Extensible, model-based nUnit compatible framework. |
| TestDriven.NET |
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| QuickUnit.net |
No |
Implement unit tests without coding. Minimalist approach to test driven development. |
| xUnit.net |
Yes |
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| Specter |
Yes |
Behavior Driven Development with an easy and readable syntax for writing specifications. Includes command line, optional integration with NUnit |
| DbUnit.NET |
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| NDbUnit |
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| OCZanebug |
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| NUnitAsp |
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Based on NUnit |
| NMate |
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NUnit Integration and Code Generation Addin for Microsoft Visual Studio |
| Roaster |
Yes |
NUnit based framework and tools for the .NET Compact Framework |
| Name |
xUnit |
Remarks |
| FPCUnit |
Yes |
This is a port to Free Pascal of the JUnit core framework. |
| Name |
xUnit |
Remarks |
| PRUnit |
Yes |
xUnit style testing adapted to PRPC |
| Name |
xUnit |
TAP |
Remarks |
| TAP |
N/A |
Yes |
the Test Anything Protocol used by most Perl tests |
| Test::Harness |
N/A |
Yes |
the standard Perl test runner and TAP parser |
| Test::More |
No |
Yes |
The baseline testing module, included with all modern Perl installations |
| Test::Class |
Yes |
Yes |
xUnit style testing adapted to Perl |
| Test::Builder |
N/A |
Yes |
a module for making more testing modules. These modules can be combined in a single test program |
| Test::Unit (a.k.a. PerlUnit) |
Yes |
No |
a fairly straight port of JUnit to Perl |
| Test::Unit::Lite |
Yes |
Yes (via Test::Unit::HarnessUnit) |
Test::Unit replacement without external dependencies and with some bugs fixed |
| Name |
xUnit |
TAP |
Remarks |
| PGtools |
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Schema loading and testing tools for PostgreSQL. |
| pgTAP |
No |
Yes |
Write tests in pgsql |
| Name |
xUnit |
Generators |
Fixtures |
Group Fixtures |
Remarks |
| PyUnit |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
it's part of Python's standard library |
| XPyUnit |
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adding XML report generation to PyUnit |
| TestOOB |
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an extended test framework for PyUnit |
| Doctest |
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easy, Pythonic, and part of Python's standard library |
| Nose |
Yes |
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Yes |
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a discovery-based unittest extension |
| py.test |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
distributed testing tool |
| Trial |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
PyUnit extensions for asynchronous and event-driven code |
| Name |
xUnit |
Remarks |
| FUTS |
Yes |
the Framework for Unit Testing SAS |
| Name |
xUnit |
Remarks |
| SUnit |
Yes |
It's actually the original source of the xUnit design |
| Name |
xUnit |
Remarks |
| TUnit |
Yes |
Embedded multi-platform wireless testing and characterization |
| Name |
xUnit |
Remarks |
| MSTest |
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Microsoft Testing Framework |
| vbUnit |
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Visual Basic and COM objects |
| VbaUnit |
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Visual Basic for Applications |
| ExcelVbaUnit |
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Similar to VbaUnit, but specifically for testing Excel VBA (written as an Excel add-in) |
| csUnit |
Yes |
Visual Basic .NET; includes GUI, command line, VS2005 plug-in |
| TinyUnit |
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Visual Basic 6, VB .NET, and PHP5 |
| SimplyVBUnit |
Yes |
VB6 Unit Testing Framework modeled after the popular NUnit for .NET |
| Name |
xUnit |
Remarks |
| XUnit |
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for testing
- native XML programs,
- individual XSLT templates,
- and Java programs that deal with XML data
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| Name |
xUnit |
Remarks |
| juxy |
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a library for unit testing XSLT stylesheets from Java |
| UTF-X |
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unit testing framework for XSLT that strongly supports the test-first-design principle with test rendition and test validation features |
| XSLTunit |
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proof of concept unit testing framework for XSLT |
Other
See also
Unit testing in general:
Extreme programming approach to unit testing:
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