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    vitest-dev/vitest

    Next generation testing framework powered by Vite.

    17.3K stars
    2.1K forks
    17.3K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 1, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 13 days ago, with 458 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a next-generation testing framework powered by Vite for fast and efficient JavaScript and TypeScript testing.
    • Integrates seamlessly with Vite's config and plugins, enabling instant watch mode and native TypeScript support for a smooth developer experience.
    • Use for building and running type-safe unit and snapshot tests in modern frontend projects using Vite and TypeScript.
    • Use for testing UI components in frameworks like Vue, React, Svelte, and Lit with built-in browser mode and DOM mocking.
    • Use for benchmarking JavaScript code performance and running concurrent tests with advanced features like sharding and timeout controls.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

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    • README: present
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    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    Next generation testing framework powered by Vite.

    Vitest requires Vite >=v6.0.0 and Node >=v20.0.0

    Excerpt from the vitest-dev/vitest README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Sep 18: -34

    +420 stars over 90 days across 8 snapshot days.

    Forks

    2.1K+223

    Open issues

    370-35

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