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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 TestsOther 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 Remarks
Autounit (GNU) In beta/under construction
C++test Yes
Catrunner nice unit testing framework for cross-platform embedded development
cfix Yes
For Win32. Aims at minimizing development effort. Separates test code (compiled/linked into a DLL) from test runner (provided by cfix).
Cgreen includes mocks
Check Yes
Cmockery Yes
Google sponsored project.
CUnit Yes
CUT No
CuTest Yes
Simple, straighforward, fast. Single .c file. Used in the Apache Portable Runtime Library.
EmbeddedUnit Embedded C
GUnit for GNOME
MinUnit extreme minimalist unit testing using 2 C macros
RCUNIT Yes
robust C unit
RTRT
TBrun
Tessy cross-platform testing capabilities
TestApe Dynamic stub generation during instrumentation
Unity Yes
Lightweight & includes features for embedded development. Can work with Mocks and Exceptions via CMock and CException .
VectorCAST/C Automated unit and integration testing, and code coverage
Name
xUnit Fixtures Group fixtures
Generators
Mocks Exceptions
Macros
Templates
Grouping
Remarks
Aeryn No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Boost Test Library No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
User decision
Yes
Suites
Part of Boost
C++test Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Commercial.
Cantata++ No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
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/main.cgi
CppUTest Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Suites
CppUnitLite Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Suites
CUTE Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Suites
CUTE (C++ Unit Testing Easier) with Eclipse CDT integration. Single line include, without inheritance.
cutee No
No
No
Yes
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
No
Yes
Yes
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
QUnit No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
50 lines of code only
ShortCUT No
Yes
SymbianOSunit Based on CxxUnit
TBrun 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
TUT No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Templates
Templates for registration
Unit++
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++
xTests Depends on STLSoft C++ Libraries
Yaktest
Name
xUnit Fixtures Group fixtures
Generators
Mocks Exceptions
Macros
Templates
Grouping
Remarks
Name
xUnit Remarks
GXUnit Yes
It's a framework (prototype) to perform unit testing for Genexus . You can find the source here
Name
xUnit Remarks
HtmlUnit Java headless browser emulator
HttpUnit testing framework for web applications, typically used in combination with JUnit
IEUnit testing framework for web applications, based on IE browser and Javascript
Canoo WebTest
Selenium Testing framework that runs in IE and Firefox to test webpages.
Name
xUnit Remarks
mlUnit Yes
Phelan's MUnit
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
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 Includes a comprehensive set of unit testing tools.
MbUnit Yes
Extensible, model-based nUnit compatible framework.
TestDriven.NET
QuickUnit.net No
Implement unit tests without coding. Minimalist approach to test driven development.
xUnit.net Yes
Specter Yes
Behavior Driven Development with an easy and readable syntax for writing specifications. Includes command line, optional integration with NUnit
DbUnit.NET
NDbUnit
OCZanebug
NUnitAsp Based on NUnit
NMate 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 Schema loading and testing tools for PostgreSQL.
pgTAP No
Yes
Write tests in pgsql
PGUnit Yes
No
xUnit-style framework for stored procedures
Name
xUnit Generators
Fixtures
Group Fixtures
Remarks
PyUnit Yes
Yes
Yes
No
it's part of Python's standard library
XPyUnit adding XML report generation to PyUnit
TestOOB an extended test framework for PyUnit
Doctest easy, Pythonic , and part of Python's standard library
Nose Yes
Yes
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 Microsoft Testing Framework
vbUnit Visual Basic and COM objects
VbaUnit Visual Basic for Applications
ExcelVbaUnit 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 Visual Basic 6, VB .NET, and PHP5
SimplyVBUnit Yes
VB6 Unit Testing Framework modeled after the popular NUnit for .NET
Name
xUnit Remarks
XUnit for testing
native XML programs,
individual XSLT templates,
and Java programs that deal with XML data
WUnit for testing Web applications
tests are written in XML/XPath (XUnit),
AJAX applications are supported,
can also test server-side functionalities if they are made with Java servlets (for example, it is possible to store authoritatively an object in the user session server-side without sending an HTTP request and then get with HTTP the page that renders it)
Name
xUnit Remarks
juxy a library for unit testing XSLT stylesheets from Java
UTF-X unit testing framework for XSLT that strongly supports the test-first-design principle with test rendition and test validation features
XSLTunit 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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