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cline/prism
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Declarative test runner for validation libraries with snapshot testing, fuzzing, benchmarking, and parallel execution

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Since Dec 25Pushed 4mo agoCompare

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Prism
=====

[](#prism)

Prism is purpose-built for **validation testing**. Instead of writing repetitive PHPUnit tests, you write declarative test cases and Prism executes them with powerful features like parallel execution, snapshot testing, fuzzing, and benchmarking.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

> **Requires [PHP 8.5+](https://php.net/releases/)**

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require cline/prism
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- **[Getting Started](https://docs.cline.sh/prism/getting-started/)** - Installation and basic usage
- **[Configuration](https://docs.cline.sh/prism/configuration/)** - Configure test suites
- **[Filtering](https://docs.cline.sh/prism/filtering/)** - Filter tests by name, path, tags
- **[Performance](https://docs.cline.sh/prism/performance/)** - Parallel execution and profiling
- **[Advanced Features](https://docs.cline.sh/prism/advanced-features/)** - Snapshots, fuzzing, validator comparison
- **[Output Formats](https://docs.cline.sh/prism/output-formats/)** - JSON and JUnit XML output
- **[Custom Assertions](https://docs.cline.sh/prism/custom-assertions/)** - Pluggable assertion logic

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please use the [GitHub security reporting form](https://github.com/faustbrian/prism/security) rather than the issue queue.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Brian Faust](https://github.com/faustbrian)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License. Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance74

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~3 days

Recently: every ~21 days

Total

32

Last Release

142d ago

Major Versions

1.7.0 → 2.0.02026-03-04

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22145591?v=4)[Brian Faust](/maintainers/faustbrian)[@faustbrian](https://github.com/faustbrian)

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Top Contributors

[![faustbrian](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22145591?v=4)](https://github.com/faustbrian "faustbrian (9 commits)")

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Tags

phptestingcliprismtermwindTest Suite

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