pytest VS cookiecutter

Compare pytest vs cookiecutter and see what are their differences.

pytest

The pytest framework makes it easy to write small tests, yet scales to support complex functional testing (by pytest-dev)

cookiecutter

A cross-platform command-line utility that creates projects from cookiecutters (project templates), e.g. Python package projects, C projects. (by cookiecutter)
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pytest cookiecutter
30 56
11,239 21,434
1.9% 1.5%
9.9 8.6
6 days ago 3 days ago
Python Python
MIT License BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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pytest

Posts with mentions or reviews of pytest. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-31.

cookiecutter

Posts with mentions or reviews of cookiecutter. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-16.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pytest and cookiecutter you can also consider the following projects:

nose2 - The successor to nose, based on unittest2

Robot Framework - Generic automation framework for acceptance testing and RPA

Behave - BDD, Python style.

copier - Library and command-line utility for rendering projects templates.

Slash - The Slash testing infrastructure

hypothesis - Hypothesis is a powerful, flexible, and easy to use library for property-based testing.

nose - nose is nicer testing for python

Jinja2 - A very fast and expressive template engine.

backstage - Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals

mamba - The definitive testing tool for Python. Born under the banner of Behavior Driven Development (BDD).

try - Dead simple CLI tool to try Python packages - It's never been easier! :package:

PyRestTest - Python Rest Testing