# Behat

BDD framework for PHP that tests business expectations.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://behat.org/
- repository: https://github.com/Behat/Behat
- docs: https://docs.behat.org/en/latest/
- x: https://twitter.com/behatphp

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Konstantin Kudryashov
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2010
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: testing
- hosting: not applicable
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.2
- 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: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: composer require --dev behat/behat

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-28

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3968
- packagistDownloads: 109402333
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 160
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 13773
- dependentPackages: 2113

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/Behat/Behat/blob/4.x/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/Behat/Behat (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://github.com/Behat/Behat/blob/4.x/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/Behat/Behat/tags (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://github.com/Behat/Behat/blob/4.x/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/Behat/Behat (read 2026-11-04)
- runtime: https://github.com/Behat/Behat/blob/v4.0.0/composer.json (read 2026-11-04)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/Behat/Behat/blob/v4.0.0/composer.json (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://github.com/Behat/Behat/blob/4.x/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://github.com/Behat/Behat/blob/4.x/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://docs.behat.org/en/latest/quick_start.html (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://github.com/Behat/Behat/blob/v4.0.0/composer.json (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/Behat/Behat/releases (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/Behat/Behat/releases/latest (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/Behat/Behat (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/Behat/Behat/contributors (read 2026-11-04)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/behat/behat.json (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/behat%2Fbehat (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/behat%2Fbehat (read 2026-11-04)
- runsAs: https://docs.behat.org/en/latest/quick_start.html (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

Behat is a behavior-driven development framework for PHP that tests business expectations. It is added to a project as a development dependency with Composer or downloaded as a PHAR archive, and it is run from the command line. Its documentation is hosted at docs.behat.org, and behat.org forwards visitors there.

## Worth knowing

The quick-start guide still names an older PHP minimum than the one the current release declares.

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