Python mutation-testing

Open-source Python projects categorized as mutation-testing

Top 3 Python mutation-testing Projects

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  1. mutmut

    Mutation testing system

    Project mention: Be Suspicious of Success | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-16

    > How do I know whether my tests are passing because they're properly testing correct code or because they're failing to test incorrect code?

    One mechanism to verify that is by running a mutation testing [0] tool. They are available for many languages; mutmut [1] is a great example for Python.

    [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_testing

    [1] https://mutmut.readthedocs.io

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  3. mutahunter

    Open Source, Language Agnostic Mutation Testing

    Project mention: Show HN: Using old school mutation testing to boost LLM based unit test gen | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-22
  4. mutatest

    Python mutation testing: test your tests! Safely run mutation trials without source code modifications and see what will get past your test suite.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Python mutation-testing related posts

  • Be Suspicious of Success

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Oct 2024
  • Show HN: Using old school mutation testing to boost LLM based unit test gen

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Jul 2024
  • CrowdStrike shows why me need more serious software testing

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Jul 2024
  • Show HN: We use LLMs to find testing gaps in codebases

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Jul 2024
  • Show HN: Mutahunter – Fast, language agnostic, software testing using LLM agents

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jul 2024
  • Show HN: Extreme Mutation Testing to Optimize LLM Agent-Based Mutation Testing

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jul 2024
  • Bounty for Cash program for our LLM based testing tool Mutahunter.ai

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jul 2024
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    judoscale.com | 19 Apr 2025
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What are some of the best open-source mutation-testing projects in Python? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 mutmut 987
2 mutahunter 266
3 mutatest 96

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