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pestphp/pest-plugin-expectations
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Add expectations testing capabilities to Pest or PHPUnit

v1.6.0(5y ago)19455.4k↑34.6%7[1 PRs](https://github.com/pestphp/pest-plugin-expectations/pulls)7MITPHPPHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

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This repository contains the Pest Plugin Expectations. The Expectation API can be used in regular PHPUnit projects. For that, you just have to run the following command in your terminal:

```
composer require pestphp/pest-plugin-expectations --dev
```

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

- Explore the docs: **[pestphp.com/docs/expectations »](https://pestphp.com/docs/expectations/)**
- Follow us on Twitter: **[@pestphp »](https://twitter.com/pestphp)**
- Join us on the Discord Server: **[discord.gg/bMAJv82 »](https://discord.gg/bMAJv82)**

Pest was created by **[Nuno Maduro](https://twitter.com/enunomaduro)** under the **[Sponsorware license](https://github.com/sponsorware/docs)**. It got open-sourced and is now licensed under the **[MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)**.

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity44

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community24

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 59.5% 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 ~15 days

Recently: every ~5 days

Total

13

Last Release

1850d ago

Major Versions

v0.3.3 → v1.0.02021-01-03

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

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TestsPest

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