List of unit testing frameworks

This page is a list of tables of code-driven unit testing frameworks for various programming languages. Some but not all of these are based on xUnit.

Columns (Classification)

Languages

ABAP

Name xUnit Source Remarks
ABAP Unit Yes [1] since SAP NetWeaver 2004

ActionScript / Adobe Flex

Name xUnit Source Remarks
FlexUni [2]
FlexUnit 4 Yes [3] Metadata-driven unit testing for Flex 2,3 and 4 and ActionScript 3 projects
Reflex Unit [4] Metadata-driven unit testing framework for Flex 2 and 3
ASTUce Yes [5] Unit testing for ActionScript 3 (also JavaScript, ActionScript 1, ActionScript 2), that can also run on the command-line with a cross-platform executable (support OS X / Linux / Windows)
AsUnit [6] Flash Players 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
dpUInt [7] Unit and Integration testing framework for Flex 2 and 3
Fluint [8] Unit and Integration testing framework for Flex 2 and 3
morefluent [9] More fluent testing of asynchronous behaviors in Flex
mojotest Yes [10] (under development) Unit testing for ActionScript 3, Flash Player 10

Ada

Name xUnit Source Remarks
AUnit [11]
AdaTEST 95 No [12]
Ahven [13]
TBrun [14]
VectorCAST/Ada No [15]

AppleScript

Name xUnit Source Remarks
ASUnit Yes [16] Testing framework for AppleScript, influenced by SUnit, ASTest and Python unittest
ASTest Yes [17] A testing framework for AppleScript

ASCET

Name xUnit Source Remarks
TPT Yes [18] Model based physical stimulation and implemented stimulation

ASP

Name xUnit Source Remarks
ASPUnit [19]

Bash

Name xUnit Source Remarks
bats [20]Bats: Bash Automated Testing System

BPEL

Name xUnit Source Remarks
BPELUnit [21]

C

Name xUnit Fixtures Group fixtures Generators Source License Remarks
libcbdd Yes Yes Yes [22] Apache License libcbdd is block based behaviour driven development library which allows for very readable tests. Tests are written inside main functions and this allows for great flexibility on how to run these tests.
AceUnit Yes Yes [23] BSD License AceUnit is JUnit 4.x style, easy, modular and flexible. AceUnit can be used in resource constraint environments, e.g. embedded software development, as well as on PCs, Workstations and Servers (Windows and UNIX).
API Sanity Checker Yes Yes (spectypes) Yes (spectypes) Yes [24] LGPL Unit test generator for C/C++ libraries. Can automatically generate reasonable input data for every API function.
Automated Testing Framework [25] BSD Originally developed for the NetBSD operating system but works well in most Unix-like platforms. Ability to install tests as part of a release.
Autounit (GNU) [26] LGPL In beta/under construction
Parasoft C/C++test Yes Yes Yes Yes [27] Proprietary 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.
QA Systems Cantata No Yes Yes Yes [28] Proprietary Automated unit and integration testing on host and embedded systems with code coverage and unique call interface control to simulate and intercept calls.
Catsrunner [29] GPL Unit testing framework for cross-platform embedded development.
cfix Yes [30] Specialized for Windows development—both Win32 and NT kernel mode. Compatible to WinUnit.
Cgreen [31] LGPL Unit test framework including strict and loose mocks, reflective runner discovering tests automatically, suites, BDD-style Concept Under Test notation, test protected against exceptions, natural language out, extensible reporter, learning mocks...
CHEAT [32] [33] 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 [34] LGPL Check features a simple interface for defining unit tests, putting little in the way of the developer. Tests are run in a separate process, so Check can catch both assertion failures and code errors that cause segmentation faults or other signals. The output from unit tests can be used within source code editors and IDEs. Check is supported on Linux, OS X, Windows, and probably others.
Cmocka Yes Yes Yes [35] Apache License 2.0
Cmockery Yes [36] Apache License 2.0 Google sponsored project.
CppUTest Yes Yes No Yes [37] 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
Criterion Yes Yes Yes Yes [38] MIT Unit testing framework with automatic test registration. 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. Supported on Linux, OS X, FreeBSD, and Windows.
CU [39] LGPL CU is a simple unit testing framework for handling automated tests in C.
CTest Yes Yes Yes [40] Apache License 2.0 Ctest is a framework with some special features: formatted output for easy parsing, easy to use.
CUnit Yes [41] LGPL OS independent (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and probably others)
CUnitWin32 Yes [42] LGPLFor Win32. Minimalistic framework. Executes each test as a separate process.
CUT No [43] BSD
CuTest Yes [44] zlib Simple, straightforward, fast. Single .c file. Used in the Apache Portable Runtime Library.
Cutter Yes [45] LGPL A Unit Testing Framework for C.
EmbeddedUnit Yes Yes [46] MIT Embedded C
Embunit No [47] Proprietary Create unit tests for C/C++ and Embedded C++
FCTX Yes [48] BSD Fast and complete unit testing framework all in one header. Declare and write your functions in one step. No dependencies. Cross-platform.
GLib Testing Yes Yes [49] Part of GLib
GUnit [50] for GNOME
lcut Yes Yes Yes [51] Apache License 2.0a Lightweight C Unit Testing framework, including mock support
LibU Yes No [52] BSD multiplatform (Unixes and Windows); explicit test case/suite dependencies; parallel and sandboxed execution; xml, txt and customizable report formatting.
MinUnit [53] as-isextreme minimalist unit testing using 2 C macros
Mut No No No No [54] MIT Another minimalistic framework for C and Unix. Single header file.
NovaProva Yes Yes No Yes [55] Apache License 2.0 Unit testing framework with automatic test registration. Supports mocking and stubbing. Each test is run in parallel with valgrind in its own process, so memory errors and signals can be caught. Supported on Linux.
Opmock Yes Yes Yes Yes [56] GPLv3Stubbing 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.
RCUNIT Yes Yes Yes [57] MITRCUNIT is a small framework for testing C programs. It uses non-local jumps to emulate exceptions and handles program terminating signals (e.g. SIGILL) during test runs. RCUNIT allows creation of test fixtures, either per test or per test group.
RTRT [58]
SeaTest Yes Yes [59] MIT Simple, pure C, unit testing framework
Smarttester [60] Automated unit and integration testing, and code coverage
Sput [61] 2-clause BSD

Simple, portable C unit testing framework, single header file

STRIDEYes Yes Yes No [62] Proprietary Embedded software quality solution that includes techniques for unit, API, Behavior & Integration testing as well as interactive reporting portal
TBrun [14] Automated unit and integration testing, and code coverage
Tessy [63] Automated unit and integration testing, and code coverage
TestApe [64] Test and mocking framework. Automatic default mocks for unresolved externals
Test Dept. Yes [65] GPL Can modify calls from software under test; e.g. test error conditions by stubbing malloc and letting it return null. Well documented
TF unit test Yes Yes [66] GNU Lesser GPL Pure C, supports test isolation in separate processes
TPT Yes Yes Yes Yes [18] Proprietary Time Partition Testing:Automated model based unit and integration testing for embedded systems.
Unity Yes Yes [67] MITLightweight and includes features for embedded development. Can work with Mocks and Exceptions via CMock and CException. Also integrated with test build environment Ceedling.
VectorCAST/C No Yes Yes Yes [68] Proprietary Automated unit and integration testing, and code coverage
Visual Assert Yes [69] Unit-Testing Add-In for Visual Studio. Based on the cfix testing framework.
tinytest Yes Yes [70] Apache Standalone, no dependencies, header-only.
xTests [71] BSD Depends on STLSoft C & C++ Libraries

C#

See .NET programming languages below.

C++

Name License xUnit Fixtures Group fixtures Generators Mocks Exceptions Macros Templates Grouping Source Remarks
Aeryn No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes [72]
API Sanity Checker GNU LGPL Yes Yes (spectypes) Yes (spectypes) Yes [24] Unit test generator for C/C++ libraries. Can automatically generate reasonable input data for every API function. LGPL.
ATF BSD Yes Yes Yes Yes [25] BSD Licensed. 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 No (describe/it) Yes (describe) Yes (Nested describe) No No Yes Yes No Yes (Nested describe) [73] Header only. Automatic test registration. Specifically developed for C++11
Boost Test Library Yes[74] Yes[75] Yes[76] Yes With additional library "Turtle"[77] Yes User decision Yes Suites [78] Part of Boost
BugEye Boost No No No No No Yes No No Yes [79] Header-only. TAP output.
QA Systems Cantata No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [28] Commercial. Automated OO unit and integration testing on host and embedded systems with code coverage and unique call interface control to simulate and intercept calls.
CATCH No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes [80] Header only, no external dependencies, auto-registration, tdd and bdd features
doctest No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes [81] The lightest feature rich C++ single header testing framework
CATCH-VC6 No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes [82] VC6 port of CATCH
cfix Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No [30] Specialized for Windows development—both Win32 and NT kernel mode. Compatible to WinUnit.
Cput Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Suites [83] Library and MS Visual Studio add-in to create and run unit tests. Open Source.
CPPOCL/test Apache 2 No Yes No Yes Yes [84] Released Under Apache 2.0, Compliant with C++ 98 and C++ 11. Works for Linux and Windows 32/64 bit using gcc, Cygwin, VS2005 and 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 GNU LGPL Yes Yes Suites [85] Released under LGPL
cpptest-lite MIT Yes Yes Yes Suites [86] Released under MIT. Developed for C++11.
CppUnit GNU LGPL Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Suites [87][88] Released under LGPL
CppUTest Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Suites [37] 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 Yes No No No Yes No Suites [89]
CPUnit Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes [90] Released under BSD.
Criterion MIT Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Suites [91] 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. Supported on Linux, OS X, FreeBSD, and Windows. Released under the MIT license.
crpcut No Yes No No Yes Yes Suites within Suites [92] 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 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Suites [93] 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 [94]
CxxTest Yes Yes Yes No Yes* Optional Yes No Suites [95] Uses a C++ parser and code generator (requiring Python) for test registration. * Has a framework for generating mocks of global functions, but not for generating mocks of objects.
Embunit No No Yes [47] Commercial. Create unit tests for C/C++ and Embedded C++
Exercisix BSD No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Executables [96] BSD-licensed. Aimed to make adding tests as fast and easy as possible.
FakeIt MIT Yes [97] Use the latest C++11 features to create an expressive, yet very simple, API. MIT license.
FCTX Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes [98] Fast and complete unit testing framework all in one header. Declare and write your functions in one step. No dependencies. Cross platform.
Fructose No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No [99] A simple unit test framework.
Name License xUnit Fixtures Group fixtures Generators Mocks Exceptions Macros Templates Grouping Source Remarks
Google C++ Mocking Framework Yes No Yes Yes [100]
Google Test Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [101] 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 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Suites [102] Open source. Can test servers, libraries, and applications, and also test embedded software.
Hippomocks Yes No Yes Yes [103]
Igloo Yes (Contexts) No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes (nested contexts) [104] BDD style unit testing in C++
lest No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No [105] Tiny header-only C++11 test framework
liblittletest Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes [106] liblittletest is a portable, one file header-only C++ library for unit testing. Supports a rich set of assertions, automatic test discovering and various options for running the tests.
libunittest Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes [107] libunittest is a portable C++ library for unit testing making use of C++11.
Typemock Isolator++ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [108] Commercial. Isolation/Mocking Framework for C/C++
Microsoft Unit Testing Framework for C++ Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes [109] Commercial. Integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 IDE and later versions.
Mockator Yes No Yes Yes [110] Header-only mock object library and an Eclipse plug-in to create test doubles in a simple yet powerful way; leverages new C++11 language facilities while still being compatible with C++03; has built-in support for CUTE
mock++/mockcpp Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Suites [111] Simple testing framework for C++ (requires cmake)
mockitopp Yes [112] A C++ mock object framework providing similar syntax to mockito for Java.
mockpp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Suites [113] A C++ mocking framework hosted by Google
NanoCppUnit No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Suites [114] Proof-of-concept
NullUnit Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Suites [115] Low effort, easy to use. Supports automatic test discovery, user-defined assertions, fatal and non-fatal conditions, XML test report generation, and strong support for IDE integration.
OAKUT No No Yes Yes (XML) No Yes Yes Yes XML [116] Uses shared libraries / DLLs
Opmock GNU GPL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes [56] Stubbing and mocking framework for C and C++ based on code generation from headers. Does not imply modification to your existing code, so well suited for legacy code refactoring. In particular, you don't need virtual operations or abstract classes. 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. GPL license.
Parasoft C/C++test Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [27] 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.
QtTest Yes Yes No No No Yes [117] No No [118] Built on the ultra cross platform Qt Library. Allows testing on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, Symbian, and any other platform Qt can build on.
QuickCheck++ [119] Framework for automatically generating tests. Inspired by QuickCheck
QuickTest No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No [120]
SafetyNet Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No [121] Lightweight fast unit testing framework that is easy to set up and use. Works on Windows and Linux. Supports GNU C++, VC++, MinGW, QtSDK and can create test projects for VisualStudio, CodeBlocks, Eclipse, KDevelop
ShortCUT No Yes [122]
STRIDE Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [123] Commercial. Embedded software quality solution that includes techniques for unit, API, Behavior & Integration testing as well as interactive reporting portal
Symbian OS Unit Yes [124] Based on CxxTest
TBrun [125] Commercial.
Tessy [63] Commercial.
TDOG Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Macro (namespaces) [126] TDOG is a lightweight, portable and open source C++ xUnit Testing Framework.
Test soon No Yes Yes Yes No Auto-detect Yes Yes Macro (namespaces) [127] Complex macro logic (deliberately)
Testwell CTA++ Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes [128] Commercial.
tpunit++ Yes Yes No No Optional Yes Yes [129] A simple, portable C++ xUnit library contained in a single header.
Trompeloeil Boost Yes [130] Simple, yet powerful, single header framework for mocking. Requires C++14. Boost Software License.
TUT No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Templates [131] Based on templates. Automatic test registration/discovery, customizable reports generation process, various tests run options. Easy adaptable to work on Windows CE.
Unit++ [132]
unit.hpp No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No [133] Extremely lightweight single header (<500loc) unit testing framework. It follows the spirit of D in regards to unit tests. Automatic test discovery. RAII style test setup that are reusable in SECTIONs (Similar to Catch).
UnitTest++ No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Suites [134] UnitTest++ is free software. Simplicity, portability, speed, and small footprint are all important aspects of UnitTest++.
upp11 Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes [135] Free software. Minimal (single small header), auto test registrations, parametrized tests, etc. C++11 only.
UquoniTest Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [136] Commercial. Adds features like easy creation of (reusable) test directories, Rich Booleans in assertions, and more.
VectorCAST/C++ No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [68] Commercial. Automated unit and integration testing, and code coverage.
Visual Assert Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No [69] Unit-Testing Add-In for Visual Studio. Based on the cfix testing framework.
WinUnit [137] Focused more toward C/C++ than .NET developers
xTests Yes Yes [71] Depends on STLSoft C & C++ Libraries
xUnit++ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
(Test setup only)		 Yes Yes
(Suites and Attributes)		 [138] Supports running tests concurrently. Macros are only used for test setup, not for test assertions.
tinytest Apache 2 Yes Yes [70] Standalone, no dependencies, header-only. Apache license.
Name License xUnit Fixtures Group fixtures Generators Mocks Exceptions Macros Templates Grouping Source Remarks

Caché ObjectScript

Name xUnit Source Remarks
%UnitTest (built-in) Yes [139] The %UnitTest package is a set of classes that provide a testing framework for InterSystems Caché. Structurally, it resembles the xUnit testing frameworks.

Cg

Name xUnit Source Remarks
UnitTestCg No [140] Pixel and Vertex Shaders supported.

CFML (ColdFusion)

Name xUnit Source Remarks
CFUnit
cfcUnit Yes
MXUnit Yes [141] Unit Test Framework with Eclipse and Sublime Text Plugins for CFML on ColdFusion, Railo, and Lucee
TestBox Yes xUnit and Behavior Driven Testing Framework for CFML ColdFusion, Railo, and Lucee
MockBox No Mocking/Stubbing Framework for CFML (ColdFusion)

Clojure

Name xUnit Source Remarks
clojure.test (built-in) Yes [142]
Fact Yes [143]
Midje [144]
Speclj Yes [145]

Cobol

Name xUnit Source Remarks
COBOLUnit (CBU) Yes [146] GPL v3
cobol-unit-test No [147] Enable isolated unit testing of individual paragraphs in COBOL programs, in a standalone environment with no connection to a z/OS system. (CC BY-SA 4.0)
savvytest No [148] Commercial tool (rather than a framework) to edit and perform component tests on the IBM mainframe platform
zUnit Yes [149] Commercial framework on the IBM mainframe platform
mfunit (MFU) Yes [150] Commercial framework for testing Micro Focus COBOL programs on the Windows/Unix platforms

Common Lisp

Name xUnit Source Remarks
CLUnit [151]
CyberTiggyr Test [152]
FiveAM No [153]
FReT [154]
grand-prix [155]
HEUTE [156]
LIFT [157]
lisp-unit [158]
RT [159]
stefil [160]
XLUnit [161]

Crystal

Name xUnit Source Remarks
Crotest [162] MIT License. A tiny and simple test framework for Crystal with common assertions and no pollution into Object class.

Curl

Name xUnit Source Remarks
CurlUnit [163]

Delphi

Name xUnit Source Remarks
DUnit Yes [164] -
DUnit2 Yes [165] -
DUnitX Yes [166] -

Emacs Lisp

Name xUnit Source Remarks
ElUnit [167]
elk-test No [168]
Unit-test.el [169]

Erlang

Name xUnit Fixtures Group Fixtures Generators Source Remarks
EUnit Yes Yes Yes Yes [170] Included in Erlang release R12B5 and later

Fortran

Name xUnit Fixtures Group fixtures Generators MPI OpenMP Source Remarks
FUnit Yes Yes Yes No [171] Minimum Fortran plus assertions and boiler plate expanded via Ruby.
FRUIT YesYesYesYes [172] Written in Fortran 95 yet works with code written in any version of Fortran. Has assertions, fixture, setup, teardown, reporting and more. Generator in Ruby.
Ftnunit [173]
pFUnit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [174] Supports testing of MPI and OpenMP based procedures. A fully object-oriented implementation using Fortran 2003 is now available. In use with a range of legacy and new Fortran code.
ObjexxFTK:UnitTest [175] User writes Fortran tests: Python script automatically finds all tests and generates the Fortran test driver. Supports F77-F2003. Assertion support and string and array libs included.

F#

Name xUnit Source Remarks
Foq No [176] Lightweight type-safe and thread-safe mock object library for F# with C# and VB.Net support.
FsCheck No [177] Random testing (Fuzzing) combinator library based on QuickCheck for Haskell.
FsMocks No [178] F# mock library based on Rhino.Mocks.
FsTest Yes [179] Domain specific language for writing language oriented programming specifications in F#. Based on FsUnit syntax, but targeting xUnit.net.
FsUnit No [180] Stand-alone Behavior Driven Development framework, with natural syntax for writing specifications.
NaturalSpec No [181] Domain specific language for writing specifications in a natural language. Based on NUnit.
Unquote Yes [182] Combines F# Quotation decompilation, evaluation, and incremental reduction implementations to allow test assertions to be written as plain, statically-checked quoted expressions which produce step-by-step failure messages. Integrates configuration-free with all exception-based unit testing frameworks including xUnit.net, NUnit, and MbUnit. Unquote may also be used within FSI sessions.
Other - See also listing for .NET programming languages, elsewhere on this page.

Go

Name xUnit Source Remarks
go test [183] 'Go test' automates testing the packages named by the import paths.
go2xunit Yes [184] Converts go test -v (or gocheck -vv) output to xunit or xunit.net compatible XML output (used in Jenkins/Hudson).

Groovy

All entries under Java may also be used in Groovy.

Name xUnit Source Remarks
easyb [185] BDD
Spock Yes [186]
Gmock Yes [187] Mocking Framework

Genexus

Name xUnit Source Remarks
GXUnit Yes [188] It's a framework (prototype) to perform unit testing for Genexus.

Haskell

Name xUnit Source Remarks
HUnit Yes [189]
HUnit-Plus Yes [190]
QuickCheck No [191] QuickCheck
SmallCheck No [192] Exhaustive analysis test of "small" example data.
Hspec [193] RSpec-style BDD framework for Haskell that integrates with QuickCheck and HUnit.
chuchu No [194] Cucumber-style acceptance testing framework for Haskell
bdd No [195] Internal domain-specific language for testing programs using Behavior-Driven Development process

Haxe

Name xUnit Source Remarks
munit [196] Produces HTML reports for multiple compile targets including JavaScript, ActionScript and C++

HLSL

Name xUnit Source Remarks
UnitTestCg No [140] Pixel and Vertex Shaders supported.

ITT IDL

Name xUnit Source Remarks
MGunit Yes [197]
white paper [198] Only a white paper, not a framework

Internet

Name xUnit Source Remarks
HtmlUnit [199] Java headless browser emulator
HttpUnit Testing framework for web applications, typically used in combination with JUnit
IEUnit [200] Testing framework for web applications, based on IE browser and JavaScript
Canoo WebTest [201] Open source framework based on HtmlUnit. Support both XML-like or Groovy syntax in scripting.
Selenium Testing framework whose playback can run in most modern web browsers to test webpages.
Watir Testing framework based on the Ruby language, that can run in web browsers to test webpages.
soapUI [202] Open source web service testing platform for service-oriented architectures.
SOAtest [203][204] Commercial. API testing platform whose record/playback runs in most modern web browsers to test webpages. Supports Selenium WebDriver.

Java

Name xUnit Source Remarks
Arquillian Yes [205] Open source framework for writing Integration and funcional tests. It includes Arquillian graphene, Drone and Selenium to write tests to the visual layer too.
beanSpec [206] Behavior-driven development
BeanTest No [207] A tiny Java web test framework built to use WebDriver/HTMLUnit within BeanShell scripts
Cactus A JUnit extension for testing Java EE and web applications. Cactus tests are executed inside the Java EE/web container.
Concordion [208] Acceptance test-driven development, Behavior-driven development, Specification by example
Concutest [209] A framework for testing concurrent programs
Cucumber-JVM [210] Behavior-driven development replaces deprecated JRuby-based Cuke4Duke
Cuppa [211] Behavior-driven development framework for Java 8
DbUnit [212] A JUnit extension to perform unit testing with database-driven programs
EasyMock [213] A mock framework [214]
EtlUnit Yes [215] A unit testing framework for Extract-Transform-Load processes, written in Java. Capable of testing Oracle, Informatica, SqlServer, PostGreSQL, MySQL, etc.[216]
EvoSuite [217] A test case generation tool that can automatically generate JUnit tests.
GrandTestAuto [218] GrandTestAuto (GTA) is a platform for the complete automated testing of Java software. Tests can be distributed across a number of machines on a network.
GroboUtils [219] A JUnit extension providing automated documentation, class hierarchy unit testing, code coverage, and multi-threaded tests.
HavaRunner Yes [220] A JUnit runner with built-in concurrency support, suites and scenarios.
Instinct [221] Behavior-driven development
Java Server-Side Testing framework (JSST) [222] Java Server-Side Testing framework which is based on the similar idea to the one of Apache CACTUS, but unlike CACTUS it's not coupled to JUnit 3.x and can be used in conjunction with any testing framework.
JBehave [223] Behavior-driven development
JDave [224] Behavior-driven development
JExample Yes [225] A JUnit extension that uses dependencies between test cases to reduce code duplication and improves defect localization.
JGiven [226] Behavior-driven development
JMock [227] A mock framework
JMockit [228] Open source framework. Tests can easily be written that will mock final classes, static methods, constructors, and so on. There are no limitations.
Jnario Yes [229] Behavior-driven development like Cucumber
Jtest Yes [230] Commercial. Automated unit/component test generation and execution with code coverage and runtime error detection. Also provides static analysis and peer code review.
Jukito [231] Combines Mockito and Guice to allow automatic mocking and instantiation of dependencies
JUnit Yes [232]
JUnitEE [233] A JUnit extension for testing Java EE applications
JWalk [234] Fast, semi-automatic creation of exhaustive unit test-sets
Mockito [235] A mock framework, using the library
Mockrunner [236] A JUnit extension for testing testing servlets, filters, tag classes and Struts actions and forms.
Needle [237] Open source framework for testing Java EE components outside of the container in isolation.
NUTester [238] Testing framework developed at Northeastern University to aid in teaching introductory computer science courses in Java
OpenPojo [239] Open source framework used to validate and enforce POJO behavior as well as manage identity - equals, hashCode & toString.
PowerMock [240] An extension to both Mockito and EasyMock that allows mocking of static methods, constructors, final classes and methods, private methods, removal of static initializers and more.
Randoop Yes [241] Automatically finds bugs and generates unit tests for Java, via feedback-directed random testing (a variant of Fuzzing).
SpryTest Yes [242] Commercial. Automated Unit Testing Framework for Java
SureAssert [243] An integrated Java unit testing solution for Eclipse. Contract-First Design and test-driven development
TestNG Yes [244] Tests can include unit tests, functional tests, and integration tests. Has facilities to create even no-functional tests (as loading tests, timed tests).[245][246]
Unitils [247] Offers general utilities and features for helping with persistence layer testing and testing with mock objects. Offers specific support for testing application code that makes use of JPA, hibernate and spring. Unitils integrates with the test frameworks JUnit and TestNG.
XMLUnit [248] JUnit and NUnit testing for XML

JavaScript

Name xUnit TAP Client-side Server-sideSource Remarks
AVA Yes Yes No Yes [249] Futuristic JavaScript test runner
Suitest Yes Yes [250] [OBSOLETE]: Suitest is a powerful and easy-to-use JavaScript BDD test suite
DOH Yes Yes [251] Dojo Objective Harness that can be run in-browser or independently via Rhino
LBRTW UT No Yes No [252][253] Developed as a learning project
JSUnit Yes No Yes No [254] JSUnit is no longer actively maintained
Enhance JS Yes No Yes No [255] Port of Enhance PHP
QUnit Yes Yes [256] jQuery test harness
Unit.js Compatible Yes Yes Yes [257] 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 Yes Yes [258] QUnit compatible Rhino/JUnit framework
Crosscheck No Yes [259] Browserless Java-based framework
J3Unit Yes No [260]
Mocha Yes Yes Yes Yes [261] JavaScript test framework running on node.js
intern No Yes Yes Yes [262]
JSNUnit Yes No [263]
YUI Test Yes Yes Yes Yes [264]
JSSpec Yes No [265] Behaviour-driven development framework
UnitTesting Yes No [266] script.aculo.us javascript test harness
JSpec Yes Yes [267] Highly readable BDD, 50+ matchers, DOM / framework independent, async, rhino, node.js support and more (no longer maintained)
Jasmine Yes Yes [268] BDD, framework independent, easy integration with Ruby projects and continuous builds. Allows for both DOM-less testing and asynchronous testing.
screw-unit Yes No [269] Requires jQuery
Tape Yes Yes Yes Yes [270] TAP-producing test harness for node and browsers
Test.Simple No[271] Yes Yes No [272] Write TAP-emitting unit tests in JavaScript and run them in your browser.
Test.More No[1] Yes Yes No [273] Write TAP-emitting unit tests in JavaScript and run them in your web browser.
TestCase Yes No [274]
TestIt Yes Yes [275] Light-weight, non-polluting, and easy to set up and use
jsUnitTest Yes Yes[276] Based on TestCase but without the Prototype dependency
JSTest Yes No [277] Light-weight, non-polluting browser-based framework
JSTest.NET No Yes [278] Browserless JavaScript unit test runner for use with MsTest, XUnit, NUnit, etc.
jsUnity Yes No Yes Yes [279] Context-agnostic (JavaScript, JScript (ASP/WSH), Rhino, etc.)
RhinoUnit No Yes [280] Rhino-based framework that allows tests to be run in Ant
JasUnit Yes No Yes No [281] Light-weight framework. Part of a project that provides Mocks and IoC.)
FireUnit Yes No [282] Testing framework that provides logging and viewing within a new tab of Firebug.
Js-test-driver Yes Yes No [283] The goal of JsTestDriver is to build a JavaScript test runner which easily integrates with continuous builds systems and allows running tests on multiple browsers quickly to ease TDD style development.
Js-test-runner No Yes Yes [284] A JUnit test runner that runs JavaScript tests. The goal of the JS Test Runner is to be able to test JavaScript code using an approach that test driven programmers will feel comfortable with; particularly in the context of Continuous Integration.
Sinon.js Compatible Yes Yes [285] Standalone test spies, stubs and mocks for JavaScript. No dependencies, works with any unit testing framework.
SOAtest No Yes No [204] 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 No Yes [286]
Nodeunit Yes Yes [287] Asynchronous Javascript testing framework
Tyrtle Yes Yes [288] Testing framework which allows expressive assertions and interactive test output
wru Compatible Yes Yes [289] General purpose environment agnostic sync/async JavaScript test framework. Compatible with any browser, desktop or mobile, node.js, Rhino, and phantom.js. Tiny, essential, fast.
Buster.JS Compatible Yes Yes Yes [290] BDD/xUnit, assertions, expectations, browser/server, extendable with tools like linting and other QA measures, highly configurable, well documented and actively developed
Lighttest Yes Yes [291] Minimalistic testing library, supports flow control, focused on keeping the tests clear
Chai Yes Yes [292] BDD / TDD assertion library for node and the browser that can be delightfully paired with any javascript testing framework.
JSUS Yes No [293] A simple JavaScript Unit teSting tool!
Wallaby.js Yes Yes [294] Commercial. Continuous test runner that reports code coverage and other results directly to the code editor immediately as the code changes. Supports AVA, Jasmine, Mocha, QUnit, Jest, Babel, Webpack, Browserify, CoffeeScript, TypeScript.

Lasso

Name xUnit Source Remarks
L-Unit [295]

LaTeX

Name xUnit Source Remarks
qstest [296]

LabVIEW

Name xUnit Source Remarks
LabVIEW Unit Test Framework No Generate test harnesses for VIs in LabVIEW automatically.
VI Tester Yes [297] native LabVIEW object-oriented implementation of xUnit framework. Unit tests are written as VIs in LabVIEW.
Caraya Yes [298] native LabVIEW implementation of xUnit framework.

LISP

Name xUnit Source Remarks
FiveAM [153]
LIFT [157]
lisp-unit [158]

Logtalk

Name xUnit Source Remarks
lgtunit Yes [299] Supports code coverage at the predicate clause level

Lua

Name xUnit Source Remarks
LuaUnit [300]
lunit [301]

MATLAB

Name xUnit Source Remarks
mlUnit Yes [302]
mlUnit 2008a Yes [303]
Legland's MUnit [304] Inspired Lombardi's MUnit
Lombardi's MUnit [305] Similar to xUnit
MATLAB xUnit Test Framework Yes [306] MATLAB R2008a and later (uses OOP features introduced in this release). Renamed from mtest. Accepts both xUnit-style subclass or simple MATLAB function test cases.
Doctest No Bitbucket repository - source and documentation[307] Allows automated test cases to be put in the documentation so your usage examples double as test cases and vice versa. A TAP producer. Inspired by the Python module of the same name. As of August 2011, it can only handle single line test-cases and its exception handling facility cannot handle exceptions that are generated after other output.[308]
matlab.unittest Yes MATLAB documentation[309] Included as part of MATLAB R2013a
MOxUnit Yes github repository [310] Works for both Matlab and Octave. Uses old-style OOP features and is compatible with the Matlab xUnit Test Framework. Can be used with the Travis-ci and Shippable continuous integration services (example), and integrates with MOcov to provide code coverage reports either offline or through coveralls.io(example).

.NET programming languages

Name xUnit Source Remarks
csUnit Yes includes GUI, command line, VS2005 plug-in; supports C#, VB.NET, Managed C++, J#, other .NET languages, supports .NET 3.5 and earlier versions; integrated with ReSharper
DbUnit.NET [311] A .NET 2.0 unit testing framework for database access code
Fixie Yes [312] Based on NUnit and xUnit, with an emphasis on customization through user-defined conventions. Integrates with TestDriven.NET.
Foq No [176] Lightweight type-safe and thread-safe mock object library for F# with C# support.
Gallio [313] Extensible, and neutral automation platform that provides a common object model, runtime services and tools (such as test runners) that may be leveraged by any number of test frameworks.
MbUnit Yes