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parf/spartan-test
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PHP 8 Unit and Web Testing Utility

3.3.18(1w ago)833MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since Apr 1Pushed 1w ago3 watchersCompare

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SPARTAN-TEST
============

[](#spartan-test)

Minimalistic PHP 7, PHP 8 Unit Testing Framework / Web Testing Framework

Write your tests in style:

- Very simple tests
- Run as an executable file
- Both unit and web testing
- PHP code, minimal learning curve
- Less cruft, more fun

- [Syntax](https://github.com/parf/spartan-test/blob/main/Syntax.md)
- [Web Tests](https://github.com/parf/spartan-test/blob/main/web-tests.md)
- [Config](https://github.com/parf/spartan-test/blob/main/Config.md)

- Examples

    - [Basic test example](https://github.com/parf/spartan-test/blob/main/examples/1-basics/1-first-test.stest)
    - (advanced) [Custom comparison methods](https://github.dev/parf/spartan-test/blob/main/examples/1-basics/special-tests.stest)
    - [Web-tests](/web-tests.md)
- To see more help just run `stest --help` or `stest-all --help`

Composer / Laravel Autoload Integration
=======================================

[](#composer--laravel-autoload-integration)

Upon start spartan test includes `bootstrap/autoload.php` or `vendor/autoload` or `init.php` file from current or parent directories

You can specify your custom autoload file using "--init=$path\_filename" option or via `stest.config` file

INSTALL (GIT)
-------------

[](#install-git)

```
mkdir -p ~/src ~/bin
git clone https://github.com/parf/spartan-test.git ~/src/spartan-test
ln -s ~/src/spartan-test/stest ~/bin

```

INSTALL (COMPOSER)
------------------

[](#install-composer)

```
composer require parf/spartan-test
ln -s ./vendor/bin/stest ~/bin
ln -s ./vendor/bin/stest-all ~/bin

```

- `stest` provides testing framework
- `stest-all` runs all or specific tests in parallel (gnu-parallel utility required)

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance98

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97% 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 ~47 days

Recently: every ~2 days

Total

34

Last Release

9d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1048670?v=4)[Sergey Parf](/maintainers/parf)[@parf](https://github.com/parf)

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Top Contributors

[![parf](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1048670?v=4)](https://github.com/parf "parf (130 commits)")[![mevl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12844383?v=4)](https://github.com/mevl "mevl (2 commits)")[![glyebov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1194182?v=4)](https://github.com/glyebov "glyebov (1 commits)")[![jusunlee](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/371433?v=4)](https://github.com/jusunlee "jusunlee (1 commits)")

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Tags

phpspartan-testtest-frameworkunit-testingutilityunit testweb test

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