Pest

Testing framework for PHP that is built on PHPUnit and adds an expressive syntax for writing tests.

Pest is a PHP testing framework built on PHPUnit, with its own syntax for writing tests. Pest depends on PHPUnit, so PHPUnit is installed along with it. Nuno Maduro maintains the project, and the installation guide covers setup.

Identity

Status: Active
Maintainer: Nuno Maduro3
Maintained by: Individual 3

Rendering and deploy

Runs as: Dev only 2
Install with: composer require2

Releases

Current major version: 54
Last release: 2026-10-184

Adoption

GitHub stars: 11,7406
Packagist downloads: 96,759,2115
Packagist downloads a month: 9,274,5308
Dependent repositories: 6,4507
Dependent packages: 6,3167

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

2026-10-19: links, Written in, License
github.com/pestphp/pest
2026-10-19: links, Runtime, Minimum runtime, Install with, Runs as
pestphp.com/docs/installation
2026-10-20: Maintainer, Maintained by, Categories
pestphp.com
2026-10-19: Current major version, Last release
repo.packagist.org/p2/pestphp/pest.json
2026-10-19: Packagist downloads
packagist.org/packages/pestphp/pest.json
2026-10-19: GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/pestphp/pest
2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/pestphp%2Fpest
2026-10-25: Packagist downloads a month
packagist.org/packages/pestphp/pest/stats.json

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