GoConvey
Go testing in the browser. Integrates with `go test`. Write behavioral tests in Go. (by smartystreets)
Testify
A toolkit with common assertions and mocks that plays nicely with the standard library (by stretchr)
GoConvey | Testify | |
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3 | 73 | |
8,355 | 24,723 | |
0.1% | 1.0% | |
4.1 | 8.5 | |
11 months ago | 14 days ago | |
Go | Go | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
GoConvey
Posts with mentions or reviews of GoConvey.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-07.
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Gokiburi: Automatic Test Runs for Go Projects
I have always liked to use the similar GoConvey tool for automatic test runs during development, but it has definitely started to “show its age” and since Go 1.20 it hasn’t been able to parse code coverage correctly. So, I decided to dive into making my own tool to replace it for me.
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Is there a more detailed test coverage report than go test -cover?
IIRC you can use http://goconvey.co/ just for the reports
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Do you prefer go-convey over golang's t.Run?
For a generic usecase, do you see Go-convey adding any benefit over simple golang t.Run?
Testify
Posts with mentions or reviews of Testify.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-05-18.
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5 Golang Libraries You’ll Wish You Knew Sooner
Testify simplifies writing unit tests in Go. The standard testing package is fine, but Testify adds assertions, mocking, and suite support, making tests more readable and maintainable.
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From Vibe Coder to AI-Assisted Architect
I prefer to use the Go library testify, which significantly simplifies the code:
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Building and Deploying a New API (Part 1)
nil is returned initially, as we're creating user_test.go and using Testify to create tests as we shape the behavior of PostUser. We don't have a DB wired up yet, so the responses will simply be hard-coded structs of what we expect the API to respond with for now to pass the tests.
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Top 5 Go Libraries Every Backend Developer Should Know
Bonus: Testify
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TypeScript vs Go: Choosing Your Backend Language
Testify: Popular framework with assertion functions and mock objects.
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Building a RESTful API with Go Fiber: An Express-Inspired Boilerplate
Testing: unit and integration tests using Testify and formatted test output using gotestsum
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Technical Deep Dive: How We Built the Pizza CLI Using Go and Cobra
We’ve integrated the excellent testify library with its “assert” functionality to allow for smoother test implementation:
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Full Introduction to Golang with Test-Driven Development
This article is too basic and does not introduce anything you'd encounter in a typical Go project. If you want introduction to Go testing I recommend just reading the official docs https://pkg.go.dev/testing and understanding how to write table driven tests - https://go.dev/wiki/TableDrivenTests.
Going beyond what's built in, get familiar with https://github.com/stretchr/testify as that's used a lot.
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Why I don't use a third-party assertion library in Go unit tests
Of course, as soon as people saw this, the third-party assertion helper libraries started appearing. The most popular one seems to be testify (although I've never used it). Personally, I thought that the explicit check would be good enough for me, but it's true that after writing a bunch of tests, the boilerplate does seem unnecessarily verbose.
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What 3rd-party libraries do you use often/all the time?
github.com/stretchr/testify
What are some alternatives?
When comparing GoConvey and Testify you can also consider the following projects:
ginkgo - A Modern Testing Framework for Go
Gauge - Light weight cross-platform test automation
gomega - Ginkgo's Preferred Matcher Library
gotest.tools - A collection of packages to augment the go testing package and support common patterns.