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[Testing & Quality](/categories/testing) 4. / 5. phpspec/phpspec ActiveLibrary[Testing & Quality](/categories/testing) phpspec/phpspec =============== Specification-oriented BDD framework for PHP 7.1+ 8.3.0(1mo ago)1.9k37.2M↓42.6%287[135 issues](https://github.com/phpspec/phpspec/issues)[4 PRs](https://github.com/phpspec/phpspec/pulls)20MITPHPPHP 8.2.\* || 8.3.\* || 8.4.\* || 8.5.\*CI failing Since Aug 1Pushed 1mo ago55 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/phpspec/phpspec)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/phpspec/phpspec)[ Docs](http://phpspec.net/)[ RSS](/packages/phpspec-phpspec/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1w ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (28)Versions (120)Used By (20) phpspec ======= [](#phpspec) The main website with documentation is at . [![Main Build Status](https://github.com/phpspec/phpspec/workflows/Build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/phpspec/phpspec/actions?query=workflow%3ABuild)[![Master Scrutinizer Quality Score](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/48b447a95dd92e2b16ae65da131e75a78902ec1743a5b4c9cc0dba724fd944c7/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7363727574696e697a65722f672f706870737065632f706870737065632e737667)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/phpspec/phpspec/build-status/master)[![AppVeyor build status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/40ec907cb6f83d25e29d94a28f25ba8085f257d809a488dd07d04e55a24a7d5d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6170707665796f722f63692f63696172616e6d636e756c74792f706870737065632f6d61737465722e737667)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ciaranmcnulty/phpspec/branch/master)[![Total downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/58ede78159e3c04df55360458e7d6400160bd79a0349188d485cc310f48c7943/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f706870737065632f706870737065632f646f776e6c6f6164732e706e67)](https://poser.pugx.org/phpspec/phpspec/downloads)[![Latest stable version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9733bc353f5a4a234255fe1b5dbf783b727d27668a8f34f8063ad8c559d5a767/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f706870737065632f706870737065632f762f737461626c652e706e67)](https://poser.pugx.org/phpspec/phpspec/v/stable)[![Latest unstable version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/32490e2b02eb929829f55d431296169f670970d5bc417f5bf0059056fc758847/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f706870737065632f706870737065632f762f756e737461626c652e706e67)](https://poser.pugx.org/phpspec/phpspec/v/unstable)[![Software license](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3d647eec9fea7797fd778ca988ed67ce6c76d1616c5d9a41ce9fedc846fa1c02/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f706870737065632f706870737065632f6c6963656e73652e706e67)](https://poser.pugx.org/phpspec/phpspec/license)Installing Dependencies ----------------------- [](#installing-dependencies) Dependencies are handled via [composer](https://getcomposer.org): ``` wget -nc https://getcomposer.org/composer.phar php composer.phar install ``` Developer's mailing list ------------------------ [](#developers-mailing-list) For development discussion subscribe to . Community --------- [](#community) Check out #phpspec on irc.freenode.net. ### Health Score 84 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance87 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity76 Solid adoption and visibility Community65 Healthy contributor diversity Maturity98 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits 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 ~42 days Recently: every ~86 days Total 119 Last Release 57d ago Major Versions 5.1.2 → 6.0.02019-10-02 5.1.x-dev → 6.2.02020-06-16 6.3.0 → 7.0.02020-11-03 6.3.x-dev → 7.0.12020-12-29 7.x-dev → 8.0.02025-09-06 PHP version history (17 changes)1.4.0PHP >=5.3.2 2.0.0-BETA1PHP >=5.3.3 3.0.0-betaPHP ^5.6|^7.0 3.0.0-beta2PHP ^5.6 || ^7.0 4.0.0-betaPHP ^7.0,<7.2 4.0.4PHP ^7.0,<7.3 5.0.0-RC1PHP ^7.1, <7.3 5.1.0PHP ^7.1, <7.4 6.0.0PHP ^7.2, <7.4 6.1.0PHP ^7.2, <7.5 6.3.0PHP ^7.2 || 8.0.\* 7.0.0PHP ^7.3 || 8.0.\* 7.2.0PHP ^7.3 || 8.0.\* || 8.1.\* 7.3.0PHP ^7.3 || 8.0.\* || 8.1.\* || 8.2.\* 7.5.0PHP ^7.3 || 8.0.\* || 8.1.\* || 8.2.\* || 8.3.\* 8.0.0PHP 8.2.\* || 8.3.\* || 8.4.\* 8.2.0PHP 8.2.\* || 8.3.\* || 8.4.\* || 8.5.\* ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e7c4612e19ba73b517d8c3e15890af6687f8a206eb56676c1714209534378429?d=identicon)[ciaranmcnulty](/maintainers/ciaranmcnulty) ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/70713?v=4)[md](/maintainers/md)[@md](https://github.com/md) --- Top Contributors [![ciaranmcnulty](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/237866?v=4)](https://github.com/ciaranmcnulty "ciaranmcnulty (1221 commits)")[![MarcelloDuarte](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/144535?v=4)](https://github.com/MarcelloDuarte "MarcelloDuarte (533 commits)")[![padraic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19780?v=4)](https://github.com/padraic "padraic (167 commits)")[![stof](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/439401?v=4)](https://github.com/stof "stof (79 commits)")[![richardmiller-zz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/783827?v=4)](https://github.com/richardmiller-zz "richardmiller-zz (56 commits)")[![shanethehat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/604650?v=4)](https://github.com/shanethehat "shanethehat (53 commits)")[![avant1](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2902785?v=4)](https://github.com/avant1 "avant1 (49 commits)")[![jakzal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/190447?v=4)](https://github.com/jakzal "jakzal (48 commits)")[![Elfiggo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2065652?v=4)](https://github.com/Elfiggo "Elfiggo (41 commits)")[![gquemener](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/668604?v=4)](https://github.com/gquemener "gquemener (40 commits)")[![mlopes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/654?v=4)](https://github.com/mlopes "mlopes (36 commits)")[![everzet](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30813?v=4)](https://github.com/everzet "everzet (35 commits)")[![Sam-Burns](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6594039?v=4)](https://github.com/Sam-Burns "Sam-Burns (35 commits)")[![marek-pietrzak-tg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2435655?v=4)](https://github.com/marek-pietrzak-tg "marek-pietrzak-tg (34 commits)")[![cordoval](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/328359?v=4)](https://github.com/cordoval "cordoval (32 commits)")[![whatthejeff](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/306525?v=4)](https://github.com/whatthejeff "whatthejeff (28 commits)")[![unfunco](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1716636?v=4)](https://github.com/unfunco "unfunco (20 commits)")[![torchello](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/897885?v=4)](https://github.com/torchello "torchello (18 commits)")[![pamil](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1897953?v=4)](https://github.com/pamil "pamil (17 commits)")[![greg0ire](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/657779?v=4)](https://github.com/greg0ire "greg0ire (15 commits)") --- Tags hacktoberfesttestingspecificationBDDTDDtestsspecSpecBDD ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPsalm Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/phpspec-phpspec/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/phpspec-phpspec/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/phpspec-phpspec) ``` ### Alternatives [matomo/matomo Matomo is the leading Free/Libre open analytics platform 21.6k38.2k](/packages/matomo-matomo)[phpro/grumphp A composer plugin that enables source code quality checks. 4.3k16.3M972](/packages/phpro-grumphp)[drupal/core Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. 21764.8M1.6k](/packages/drupal-core)[sulu/sulu Core framework that implements the functionality of the Sulu content management system 1.3k1.4M195](/packages/sulu-sulu)[drupal/core-recommended Locked core dependencies; require this project INSTEAD OF drupal/core. 6941.5M395](/packages/drupal-core-recommended)[shopware/core Shopware platform is the core for all Shopware ecommerce products. 585.4M506](/packages/shopware-core) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)