Spectre vs Cuckoo

Spectre

BDD Framework and test runner for Swift projects and playgrounds (by kylef)

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Cuckoo

Boilerplate-free mocking framework for Swift! (by Brightify)

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Spectre		Cuckoo
	Project
-	Mentions	2
402	Stars	1,636
-	Growth	0.6%
0.0	Activity	6.1
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
Swift	Language	Swift
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License	License	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.

Spectre

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

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Cuckoo

Posts with mentions or reviews of Cuckoo. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-12.

Tests Everywhere - Swift
2 projects | dev.to | 12 Dec 2023

Swift testing this simple Hello World with XCTest and Cuckoo
Swift Mocking Tools. To Use, or Not to Use, That Is the Question
4 projects | /r/u_Evolvice | 8 Sep 2022

Additional setup: The cuckoo installation process requires adding a new run script into your test target build phases. Include the absolute path to each file and the framework that will generate mocks in this script. Import the generated file into the project once, and then re-generate it to keep it up to date. Class name starts from the word ‘Mock’ — each test double you can use as mock, stub, or spy.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Spectre and Cuckoo you can also consider the following projects:

Quick - The Swift (and Objective-C) testing framework.

Mockingbird - A Swifty mocking framework for Swift and Objective-C.

Erik - Erik is an headless browser based on WebKit. An headless browser allow to run functional tests, to access and manipulate webpages using javascript.

Mockingjay - An elegant library for stubbing HTTP requests with ease in Swift

Sizes - View your app on different device and font sizes

Mockit - A simple mocking framework for Swift, inspired by the famous http://mockito.org/

CatchingFire - Test Library for Swift's Error Handling

SwiftMock - A mocking framework for Swift

Freezer - Let your Swift tests travel through time

Kakapo - 🐤Dynamically Mock server behaviors and responses in Swift

SwiftCheck - QuickCheck for Swift

Buildasaur - Automatic testing of your Pull Requests on GitHub and BitBucket using Xcode Server. Keep your team productive and safe. Get up and running in minutes. @buildasaur