#1515th of 34 in Code review and testing
pest
Testing framework for PHP projects, built for developers and AI agents
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- Stars
- 11.8k
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Nov 2026
- Language
- PHP
11,337 on 21 Apr 202611,768 on 10 Nov 2026
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Overview
Pest is a PHP testing framework distributed through Composer and Packagist, now at version 5. The README is brief and points to pestphp.com for documentation and the v5 announcement. It describes Pest as built for PHP developers and AI agents, but gives no feature or installation details.
Who it is for: PHP developers who want a test framework for their projects
Strengths
- MIT licensed, published on Packagist with CI on the 5.x branch
- Commit and release both dated 2026-10-27
- Full documentation on a dedicated site, pestphp.com
Weaknesses
- README has no install steps, code examples or feature list
- PHP only; not usable for projects in other languages
- AI agent support is mentioned but not explained in the README
What it needs
- no GPU
- Needs PHP, Composer
Quick answers
Is pest open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
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