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Blazing fast Vite-native unit test framework

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Vitest is ideal for Vite projects. If you're on Webpack, CRA, or a non-Vite stack, Jest is often a better fit.

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vitest

v4.1.4 · MIT

Next generation testing framework powered by Vite

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39.8M

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79.3 kB

jest

v30.3.0 · MIT

More mature ecosystem, better for Webpack-based projects

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36.3M

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mocha

v11.7.5 · MIT

Flexible and minimal — no framework assumptions

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11.4M

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32.1 kB

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ava

v7.0.0 · MIT

Concurrent test execution — good for large test suites

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525K

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656 B

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