ava

v7.0.0

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Node.js test runner that lets you develop with confidence.

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Ava is node.js test runner that lets you develop with confidence. Licensed under MIT, it is popular in the JavaScript ecosystem with 537.0K weekly downloads.

Key Metrics

Weekly Downloads: 537.0K
Bundle (gzip): 651.0 B
Last Updated: today
Vulnerabilities: 0

Download Trend

↑17%

Health Score Breakdown

Ava has an excellent overall health score of 90/100. Its strongest dimension is maintenance (100/100), while stability (70/100) is the area with most room for improvement. This package is well-maintained and actively used.

Maintenance

100

Popularity

Quality

Security

100

Stability

Package Details

License: MIT
Dependencies: 40
Maintainers: 2
Uncompressed Size: 1.1 KB

Keywords

🦄testrunnertestingavaconcurrentparallelfasttddcli-appclijestmochatapetap

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