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piece/stagehand-testrunner
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A continuous test runner for CLI

v4.2.0(10y ago)36141.8k↓50%12[4 issues](https://github.com/piece/stagehand-testrunner/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/piece/stagehand-testrunner/pulls)2BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.3

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Stagehand\_TestRunner
=====================

[](#stagehand_testrunner)

A continuous test runner for CLI

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`Stagehand_TestRunner` is a continuous test runner to run unit tests in CLI.

It makes unit testing in a local environment much easier and comfortable. Additionally it can easily be integrated with a continuous integration server like [Jenkins](http://jenkins-ci.org/). It has been designed for integration into Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), a developer can create an extension like [MakeGood](http://piece-framework.com/projects/makegood).

[![Continuous Testing and Notification](https://github.com/piece/stagehand-testrunner/wiki/images/continuous_testing_and_notification_800.png)](https://github.com/piece/stagehand-testrunner/wiki/images/continuous_testing_and_notification_800.png)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Runs tests when a file is saved. (**Continuous Testing**)
- Runs tests in the specified directory.
- Runs tests in the specified file.
- Runs only the specified tests in the specified file.
- Runs only the tests in the specified classes.
- Colors the output.
- Preloads the specified PHP script before running tests.
- Notifies test results.
- Logs test results into the specified file in the [JUnit](http://www.junit.org/) XML format.
- Prints detailed progress report.
- Stops on the first failure or error.
- Specifies the test file pattern.
- Uses a YAML-based configuration file.
- Runs the phpunit command via the testrunner command.
- Supports [PHPUnit](http://phpunit.de/).

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

[](#installation)

`Stagehand_TestRunner` can be installed using [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/).

First, add the dependency to `piece/stagehand-testrunner` into your `composer.json` file as the following:

Stable version:

```
composer require piece/stagehand-testrunner "4.2.*"

```

Development version:

```
composer require piece/stagehand-testrunner "~4.3@dev"

```

Second, compile `Stagehand_TestRunner` for your environment as the following:

```
vendor/bin/testrunner compile
```

Support
-------

[](#support)

If you find a bug or have a question, or want to request a feature, create an issue or pull request for it on [Issues](https://github.com/piece/stagehand-testrunner/issues).

Copyright
---------

[](#copyright)

Copyright (c) 2005-2016 KUBO Atsuhiro and [contributors](https://github.com/piece/stagehand-testrunner/wiki/Contributors), All rights reserved.

License
-------

[](#license)

[The BSD 2-Clause License](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity42

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community24

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.8% 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 ~85 days

Recently: every ~167 days

Total

18

Last Release

3695d ago

Major Versions

3.0.x-dev → v4.0.02014-06-06

PHP version history (2 changes)3.0.0PHP >=5.3.2

v4.0.0PHP >=5.3.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/52985?v=4)[Atsuhiro Kubo](/maintainers/iteman)[@iteman](https://github.com/iteman)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

testingcli

###  Code Quality

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