expect.js VS chai

Compare expect.js vs chai and see what are their differences.

expect.js

Minimalistic BDD-style assertions for Node.JS and the browser. (by Automattic)

chai

BDD / TDD assertion framework for node.js and the browser that can be paired with any testing framework. (by chaijs)
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expect.js chai
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2,101 8,064
0.0% 0.5%
0.0 7.9
over 1 year ago about 2 months ago
JavaScript JavaScript
- MIT License
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expect.js

Posts with mentions or reviews of expect.js. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning expect.js yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

chai

Posts with mentions or reviews of chai. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-20.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing expect.js and chai you can also consider the following projects:

Sinon.JS - Test spies, stubs and mocks for JavaScript.

autochecker - ♻️ Test your libraries in many different versions of NodeJS, Ruby, Java and many other languages

pactum - REST API Testing Tool for all levels in a Test Pyramid

Enzyme - JavaScript Testing utilities for React

jest - Delightful JavaScript Testing.

Nightmare - A high-level browser automation library.

proxyquire - 🔮 Proxies nodejs require in order to allow overriding dependencies during testing.

supertest - 🕷 Super-agent driven library for testing node.js HTTP servers using a fluent API. Maintained for @forwardemail, @ladjs, @spamscanner, @breejs, @cabinjs, and @lassjs.

WebdriverIO - Next-gen browser and mobile automation test framework for Node.js