List of unit testing frameworks

This is a list of notable test automation frameworks commonly used for unit testing. Such frameworks are not limited to unit-level testing; they can be used for integration and system level testing.

Frameworks are grouped below. For unit testing, a framework must be the same language as the source code under test, and therefore, grouping frameworks by language is valuable. But some groupings transcend language. For example, .NET groups frameworks that work for any language supported for .NET, and HTTP groups frameworks that test an HTTP server regardless of the implementation language on the server.

– associating a test environment with a single test

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AUnit	No
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Name	xUnit	Source	Remarks
ASUnit	For unit testing frameworks for VB.NET, see .NET languages. Name xUnit License Source Remarks vbUnit Commercial Visual Basic and COM objects vbUnitFree LGPL Visual Basic and COM objects VbaUnit BSD Visual Basic for Applications ExcelVbaUnit LGPL Similar to VbaUnit, but specifically for testing Excel VBA (written as an Excel add-in) TinyUnit Visual Basic 6, VB .NET, and PHP5 SimplyVBUnit Name xUnit Source Remarks RBUnit Name xUnit TAP Fixtures Group fixtures Generators Year Source License Remarks AceUnit Yes Yes (spectypes) Yes MIT BDD test framework with TAP output in a single header file. Cantata++ Yes Yes Apache License libcbdd is a block-based Behavior-driven development library which allows for very readable tests. Tests are written inside main functions. Works only with clang and the libblocksruntime extension. cfix Yes 2012 BSD Header-only unit testing framework. Multi-platform. Supports running each test in a separate process. Works without needing to "register" test cases. Check Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2018 LGPL Forked from CUnit in 2018 to provide ongoing development and support. OS independent (Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and probably others). Also supports output compatible with JUnit and in most cases can be a drop in replacement for CUnit. CUnitWin32 Yes LGPL A Unit Testing Framework for C. EmbeddedUnit No Proprietary Create unit tests for C/C++ and Embedded C++ FCTX Yes Part of GLib GUnit for GNOME Hammocking Yes Yes No No BSD multiplatform (Unix, Windows); explicit test case/suite dependencies; parallel and sandboxed execution; xml, txt and customizable report formatting. Mimicc Proprietary Fully automated mock generation for C and C++. Based on clang, provides the ability to compile header files straight into linkable mock object files and control them with an accompanying API. MinUnit MIT extreme minimalist unit testing using 2 C macros Mut No Yes Yes Yes GPLv3 Stubbing and mocking framework for C and C++ based on code generation from headers. Can check call parameters, call sequence, handle multiple implementations of a mock, and more. Includes as well a small unit testing framework, with JUnit compatible XML output, but works also with any unit testing framework. Parasoft C/C++test Yes Yes Yes No No Public domain Framework for C89/C++ featuring automatic registration of tests and a polished API. RK Test Yes MIT Simple, pure C, unit testing framework Smarttester Proprietary Automated unit and integration testing, and code coverage Sput 2-clause BSD Simple, portable C unit testing framework, single header file STRIDE Yes Yes Yes MIT A Micro Unit testing framework for C/C++. At ~1k lines of code, it is simpler, lighter and much faster than heavier frameworks like Googletest and Catch2. Includes a rich set of assertion macros, supports automatic test registration and can output to multiple formats, like the TAP format or JUnit XML. Supports Linux, macoOS, FreeBSD, Windows. TESSY Proprietary Automated unit and integration testing, and code coverage focused on embedded systems TestApe Test and mocking framework. Automatic default mocks for unresolved externals Test Dept. Yes 2012 GNU Lesser GPL Pure C, supports test isolation in separate processes Theft Yes Yes Proprietary Time Partition Testing: Automated model based unit and integration testing for embedded systems. For C code under test, TPT supports automatic test frame generation including automatic interface analysis as well as automatic test execution, evaluation and logging. Unity Yes Yes Yes Unit-Testing Add-In for Visual Studio. Based on the cfix testing framework. qc See .NET languages below. C++ edit No No Yes GNU LGPL Yes (spectypes) Yes Yes Originally developed for the NetBSD operating system but works well in most Unix-like platforms. Ability to install tests as part of a release. Bandit Yes (describe) No No Yes Rozental, Gennadiy and Enficiaud, Raffi [https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_68_0/libs/test/doc/html/boost_test/tests_organization/fixtures.html \"Boost Test Fixture Documentation\"].</ref>"]}'>Yes Rozental, Gennadiy and Enficiaud, Raffi [https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_68_0/libs/test/doc/html/boost_test/tests_organization/fixtures/case.html \"Boost Test Case Fixture\"].</ref><ref>Rozental, Gennadiy and Enficiaud, Raffi [https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_68_0/libs/test/doc/html/boost_test/tests_organization/fixtures/per_test_suite_fixture.html \"Boost Test Suite Entry/Exit Fixture\"].</ref>"]}'>Yes Yes Suites and labels Part of Boost. Powerful dataset concept for generating test cases. Different levels of fixtures (global, once per test suite, once per each test case in a suite). Powerful floating point comparison. BugEye No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Boost Yes Yes Yes Header only, no external dependencies, auto-registration, tdd and bdd features CATCH-VC6 Yes Yes Yes VC6 port of CATCH cfix No Yes Yes Yes No Suites Library and MS Visual Studio add-in to create and run unit tests. Open Source. CPPOCL/test Yes Yes Released Under Apache 2.0, compliant with C++ 98 and C++ 11. Works for Linux, Windows 32/64 bit using gcc, Cygwin, VS2005, VS2015. Header file only library. Provides ability to write performance tests in a similar way to unit tests. Has some support for reporting memory leaks. CppTest Yes Suites Released under LGPL cpptest-lite Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Suites Limited C++ set by design to keep usage easy and allow it to work on embedded platforms. C++ is buried in macros so the learning curve for C programmers is minimal. Ported to Symbian. Has a mocking support library CppUMock CppUnitLite No No Suites CPUnit Yes Yes Yes Released under BSD. Criterion Yes No Yes Suites Unit testing framework with automatic test registration. Needs C++11 compiler support for the C++ API. Supports theories and parameterized tests. Each test is run in its own process, so signals and crashes can be reported. Can output to multiple formats, like the TAP format or JUnit XML. Supports Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, Windows. libcester Yes Yes No File A robust header only unit testing framework for C and C++ programming language. Support function mocking, memory leak detection, crash report. Works on various platforms including embedded systems and compatible with various compilers. Outputs to multiple format like TAP, JunitXML, TAPV13 or plain text. crpcut No Yes Suites within Suites BSD 2 clause. Runs each test in its own process, guaranteeing that the test suite continues even in the event of an unexpected crash or infinite loop. CUTE No Yes Suites CUTE (C++ Unit Testing Easier) with Eclipse CDT integration. Single line include, without inheritance. Mock support is provided by Mockator. cutee No No No Yes Yes Yes* Optional MIT Yes Yes Yes Light, feature rich C++ single header testing framework Embunit Yes Commercial. Create unit tests for C/C++ and Embedded C++ Exercisix No No Yes Executables Goal: make adding tests as fast and easy as possible. FakeIt Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Google Test Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes (Contexts) No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Fully automated mock generation for C and C++. Based on clang, provides the ability to compile header files straight into linkable mock object files and control them with an accompanying API. Mockator Yes Yes Yes Yes A C++ mock object framework providing similar syntax to mockito for Java. mockpp Yes Yes Yes No Yes Suites Proof-of-concept NullUnit Yes Yes No Yes (XML) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Commercial. Automated unit/component test generation and execution on host or embedded systems with code coverage and runtime error detection. Also provides static analysis and peer code review. snitch Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes STRIDE Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Commercial. Embedded software quality solution that includes techniques for unit, API, Behavior & Integration testing as well as interactive reporting portal Name License xUnit Fixtures Group fixtures Generators Mocks Exceptions Macros Templates Grouping Source Remarks Symbian OS Unit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Auto-detect Yes Yes Yes Yes Optional Yes Yes Depends Boost No No Yes Templates Based on templates. Automatic test registration/discovery, customizable reports generation process, various tests run options. Easy adaptable to work on Windows CE. Typemock Isolator++ Yes Yes Commercial. Isolation/Mocking Framework for C/C++ Unit++ unit.hpp No Yes No No Yes Suites UnitTest++ is free software. Simplicity, portability, speed, and small footprint are all important aspects of UnitTest++. upp11 No Yes Yes Free software. Minimal (single small header), auto test registrations, parametrized tests, etc. C++11 only. UquoniTest Proprietary Yes Yes Yes Commercial. Adds features like easy creation of (reusable) test directories, Rich Booleans in assertions, and more. μt Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Unit-Testing Add-In for Visual Studio. Based on the cfix testing framework. WinUnit Focused more toward C/C++ than .NET developers Name License xUnit Fixtures Group fixtures Generators Mocks Exceptions Macros Templates Grouping Source Remarks xTests Yes Yes Yes Suites and Attributes"]}'>Yes, Suites and Attributes Supports running tests concurrently. Macros are used for test setup only, not for test assertions. tinytest Yes Standalone, no dependencies, header-only. sTest Yes No Enable isolated unit testing of individual paragraphs in COBOL programs, in a standalone environment with no connection to a z/OS system. Distributed under GNU General Public License. ECBLUnit No Commercial tool (rather than a framework) to edit and perform component tests on the IBM mainframe platform Topaz for Total Test Yes Commercial framework for testing Micro Focus COBOL programs on the Windows/Unix platforms CC Analyzer No Commercial Code Coverage Analysis tool. Supports IBM mainframe, Windows, Unix platforms ColdFusion (CFML) edit Yes MXUnit No Mocking/Stubbing Framework for CFML (ColdFusion) Crystal edit Name xUnit Source Remarks test dartunit Name xUnit Source Remarks DFUnit Name License Source Remarks DUnit "AS IS" Support FastMM4 DUnitX Apache 2.0 Support FastMM4, FastMM5, Delphi-Mocks ECMAScript edit Yes Unit testing for ActionScript 3 (also JavaScript, ActionScript 1 & 2), that can also run on the command-line with a cross-platform executable (supports macOS, Linux, Windows) AsUnit Flash Players 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 dpUInt Unit and Integration testing framework for Flex 2 and 3 Fluint Unit and Integration testing framework for Flex 2 and 3 morefluent More fluent testing of asynchronous behaviors in Flex mojotest Name xUnit Source Remarks munit Produces HTML reports for multiple compile targets including JavaScript, ActionScript and C++ hexUnit JavaScript edit Yes Yes Futuristic JavaScript test runner Suitest Yes Yes No Yes No Port of Enhance PHP QUnit Yes jQuery test harness Unit.js Compatible Yes Unit testing framework for javascript and Node.js. Unit.js works with any unit testing framework and assertion libraries. Multiple assertions styles: TDD, BDD, spec (provides a spec documentation generator), expect, ... RhUnit No No Mocha Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No script.aculo.us javascript test harness JSpec Yes No Requires jQuery Tape Yes Yes No No Write TAP-emitting unit tests in JavaScript and run them in your browser. Test.More Yes No TestIt Yes Yes Based on TestCase but without the Prototype dependency JSTest No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Standalone test spies, stubs and mocks for JavaScript. No dependencies, works with any unit testing framework. SOAtest No Commercial. Testing platform whose record/playback runs in most modern web browsers where client-side Javascript can be tested both through static analysis and functional verification. Vows Yes Yes Testing framework which allows expressive assertions and interactive test output wru Compatible Yes Yes Yes BDD / TDD assertion library for node and the browser that can be delightfully paired with any javascript testing framework. JSUS Yes Yes Property Based Testing framework, similar to QuickCheck. unexpected Yes Yes Very small but powerful JavaScript unit test framework (129 lines of code, 2.3KB zipped). RITEway Yes Yes Yes No Random testing (Fuzzing) combinator library based on QuickCheck for Haskell. FsMocks No Stand-alone Behavior Driven Development framework, with natural syntax for writing specifications. NaturalSpec View original on Wikipedia | Back | FazBrowse Home