# AVA

Test runner for Node.js with a concise API, detailed error output and concurrent test runs.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/ava/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
Listed since: 2026-11-04

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/avajs/ava
- docs: https://github.com/avajs/ava/tree/main/docs
- forum: https://github.com/avajs/ava/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Sindre Sorhus
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: testing
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 22
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-31

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 20828
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 688482
- contributors: 306
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 178221
- dependentPackages: 34776

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/avajs/ava (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://github.com/avajs/ava/blob/main/readme.md (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/ava (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://github.com/avajs/ava/blob/main/license (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://github.com/avajs/ava/blob/main/readme.md (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/avajs/ava (read 2026-11-04)
- runtime: https://github.com/avajs/ava/blob/main/readme.md (read 2026-11-04)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/avajs/ava/blob/v8.3.0/package.json (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://github.com/avajs/ava/blob/main/readme.md (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://github.com/avajs/ava/blob/main/readme.md (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://github.com/avajs/ava/blob/main/license (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/avajs/ava/releases/tag/v8.3.0 (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/avajs/ava/releases/tag/v8.3.0 (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/avajs/ava (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/avajs/ava/contributors (read 2026-11-04)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/ava (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/ava (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/ava (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

AVA is a test runner for Node.js with a concise API, detailed error output and concurrent test runs. It is installed as a development dependency with npm or Yarn. Its documentation sits in the docs folder of the repository. The project has no website of its own: its domain redirects to the GitHub repository.

## Worth knowing

AVA cannot be run globally, so each project installs its own copy. Support follows Node.js: the project supports the latest release of each Node.js major version that Node.js itself still supports.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0