# PHPUnit

Unit testing framework for PHP, installed with Composer and run from the command line.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/phpunit/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://phpunit.de/
- repository: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit
- docs: https://docs.phpunit.de/en/13.4/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Sebastian Bergmann
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: testing
- hosting: not applicable
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.4
- 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

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 13
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-16

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 20068
- packagistDownloads: 1023790847
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 24154337
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 777462
- dependentPackages: 122193

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://docs.phpunit.de/en/13.4/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://phpunit.de/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainerType: https://phpunit.de/ (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://phpunit.de/ (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://docs.phpunit.de/en/13.4/installation.html (read 2026-10-19)
- runtimeMin: https://docs.phpunit.de/en/13.4/installation.html (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://docs.phpunit.de/en/13.4/installation.html (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/phpunit/phpunit.json (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/phpunit/phpunit.json (read 2026-10-19)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/phpunit/phpunit.json (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://docs.phpunit.de/en/13.4/installation.html (read 2026-10-19)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/phpunit%2Fphpunit (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/phpunit%2Fphpunit (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/phpunit/phpunit/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

PHPUnit is a unit testing framework for PHP, installed into a project with Composer and run from the command line. Pest is built on it. Sebastian Bergmann maintains the project, and the [documentation](https://docs.phpunit.de/en/13.4/) describes configuration and running tests.

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