# Vitest

Testing framework for JavaScript and TypeScript projects, built on Vite.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://vitest.dev
- repository: https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest
- docs: https://vitest.dev/guide/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: VoidZero Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- 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: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: unknown

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-15

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 17263
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 76554353
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 30558
- dependentPackages: 11085

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://vitest.dev/guide/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://vitest.dev/ (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://vitest.dev (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://vitest.dev/guide/ (read 2026-10-19)
- runtimeMin: https://vitest.dev/guide/ (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/vitest/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases/tag/v5.0.5 (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/vitest-dev/vitest (read 2026-10-19)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/vitest (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://vitest.dev/guide/ (read 2026-10-19)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/vitest (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/vitest (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Vitest is a testing framework for JavaScript and TypeScript projects, powered by Vite. Vite is a requirement, so a project that uses Vitest also has Vite installed, as the [guide](https://vitest.dev/guide/) states.

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