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pestphp/pest-plugin
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The Pest plugin manager

v4.0.0(9mo ago)4558.2M—0.3%14[1 issues](https://github.com/pestphp/pest-plugin/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/pestphp/pest-plugin/pulls)20MITPHPPHP ^8.3CI passing

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READMEChangelogDependencies (5)Versions (17)Used By (20)

This repository contains the Pest Plugin API.

> If you want to start testing your application with Pest, visit the main **[Pest Repository](https://github.com/pestphp/pest)**.

- Explore our docs at **[pestphp.com »](https://pestphp.com)**
- Follow the creator Nuno Maduro:
    - YouTube: **[youtube.com/@nunomaduro](https://www.youtube.com/@nunomaduro)** — Videos every weekday
    - Twitch: **[twitch.tv/enunomaduro](https://www.twitch.tv/enunomaduro)** — Streams (almost) every weekday
    - Twitter / X: **[x.com/enunomaduro](https://x.com/enunomaduro)**
    - LinkedIn: **[linkedin.com/in/nunomaduro](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nunomaduro)**
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Pest is an open-sourced software licensed under the **[MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)**.

###  Health Score

68

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FairBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance81

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity64

Solid adoption and visibility

Community37

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity78

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 68.5% 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 ~138 days

Recently: every ~132 days

Total

16

Last Release

90d ago

Major Versions

v0.3.0 → v1.0.02021-01-03

v1.1.0 → v2.0.02023-03-20

2.x-dev → v3.0.02024-09-08

3.x-dev → 4.x-dev2025-08-20

v4.0.0 → 5.x-dev2026-02-17

PHP version history (6 changes)v0.2.0PHP ^7.3

v0.3.0PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

v2.0.0PHP ^8.1

v3.0.0PHP ^8.2

4.x-devPHP ^8.3

5.x-devPHP ^8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/86cfef5c1f5195df1a9db17a5f8ecb34455e1f0133a725de9acf7f2fb26ac6a1?d=identicon)[nunomaduro](/maintainers/nunomaduro)

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Top Contributors

[![nunomaduro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5457236?v=4)](https://github.com/nunomaduro "nunomaduro (76 commits)")[![owenvoke](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1899334?v=4)](https://github.com/owenvoke "owenvoke (9 commits)")[![ConnySjoblom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/34518404?v=4)](https://github.com/ConnySjoblom "ConnySjoblom (7 commits)")[![fetzi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3509426?v=4)](https://github.com/fetzi "fetzi (5 commits)")[![lukeraymonddowning](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12202279?v=4)](https://github.com/lukeraymonddowning "lukeraymonddowning (4 commits)")[![GrahamCampbell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2829600?v=4)](https://github.com/GrahamCampbell "GrahamCampbell (4 commits)")[![JonPurvis](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7534029?v=4)](https://github.com/JonPurvis "JonPurvis (2 commits)")[![thinkverse](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2221746?v=4)](https://github.com/thinkverse "thinkverse (1 commits)")[![deleugpn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9533181?v=4)](https://github.com/deleugpn "deleugpn (1 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (1 commits)")[![alexmartinfr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19224681?v=4)](https://github.com/alexmartinfr "alexmartinfr (1 commits)")

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Tags

phpplugintestingunitframeworktestpestmanager

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

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