Why does Poku exist?
💡 Poku is a cross-platform test runner that brings the JavaScript essence back to testing.
High isolation level per file
Performant and lightweight
Run CommonJS files directly with Deno
Auto detect ESM, CJS, and TypeScript files
Run the same test suite for Node.js, Bun, and Deno
Easily handle servers, processes, ports, and even containers ✨
Quickstart
Install
# Node.js
npm i -D poku
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# TypeScript (Node.js)
npm i -D poku tsx
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# Bun
bun add -d poku
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# Deno (optional)
deno add npm:poku
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Test
test/file.test.mjs
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import { assert } from 'poku';
assert(true, 'Poku will describe it 🐷');
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Run
Node.js (and TypeScript) | Bun | Deno |
npx poku
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bunx poku
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deno run npm:poku
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Features
Essentials
| poku | 🧪 Test runner. |
| assert | 🔍 Test assertion (Node.js familiar API). |
| strict | 🔬 Strict test assertion (Node.js familiar API). |
Helpers
| test • describe • it | 🤹🏻♀️ Organize, group, and isolate tests. |
| envFile | ⚙️ Process an environment file (out-of-box). |
| beforeEach • afterEach | 🃏 Hooks for test setup and teardown. |
| startScript | 🌐 Run package.json scripts in background. |
| startService | 🌐 Run files in background. |
| docker | 🐳 Build, start, compose, stop, remove, and test containers. |
| kill | 🔌 Terminate ports, port ranges, and PIDs. |
| waitForPort | 😴 Wait for specified ports to become active. |
| waitForExpectedResult | 🥱 Retry until an expected result or times out. |
| skip | ⏭️ Skip tests when necessary. |
| only | 🌌 Debug tests by enabling selective runs. |
| getPIDs | 🕵🏻 Debug processes IDs using ports and port ranges. |
Common Options
| watch | 🍿 Watch for changes and re-run related test files. |
| parallel | 🏃🏻♀️ Run tests in parallel. |
| debug | 🕵🏻 Shows all logs. |
| config | ⚙️ Customize your Poku options in a config file. |
and much more 👇🏻
Documentation and Examples
To see the detailed documentation, please visit the Documentation and Examples sections in the Poku's website.
Tutorials
Poku offers mini-lessons for different users needs in the Quick Tutorials section.
Common Issues
Quick Comparisons
Performance
Poku is continuously tested to ensure the following expectations for basic usage:
- ~4x faster than Jest (v29.7.0)
- ~4x faster than Vitest (v2.1.3)
- ~2x faster than Mocha (v10.7.3) — even with test file isolation
Installation Size
Poku size ensures cost-saving CI for services that charge for storage and usage.
Security Policy
Please check the SECURITY.md.
Contributing
See the Contributing Guide and please follow our Code of Conduct 🚀
Acknowledgements
License
Poku is under the MIT License.
Copyright © 2024-present Weslley Araújo and Poku contributors.
