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Useful resources for the Test Anything Protocol

TAP is a simple text-based interface between testing modules in a test harness.

The list is very JavaScript focused right now. That's just because I'm only familiar with TAP stuff in the JS world. Contributions welcome for any language.

Reporters

JavaScript

tap-dot

Dotted output.

tap-spec

Mocha-like spec reporter.

tap-nyan

Nyan cat.

tap-min

Minimal output.

tap-difflet

Minimal output with diffing.

tap-diff

Human-friendly output with diffing.

tap-simple

Simple output.

faucet

Human-readable summarizer.

tap-mocha-reporter

Use any of the [Mocha reporters](https://github.com/isaacs/tap-mocha-reporter/tree/master/lib/reporters).

tap-summary

Summarized output.

tap-pessimist

Only shows failed tests.

tap-prettify

Nice readable output with diffing.

tap-colorize

Colorize the output while preserving machine-readability.

tap-bail

Bail out when the first test fails.

tap-notify

Notifier for macOS, Linux and Windows.

tap-json

JSON output.

ava-tap-json

JSON output with AVA compatibility.

tap-xunit

xUnit output.

tap-teamcity

Output for TeamCity.

Go

tapfmt

Standalone cross-platform formatter.

Producers

Things that produce TAP output.

JavaScript

AVA

Futuristic test runner (`$ ava --tap`).

tap

TAP test framework for Node.js.

tape

TAP-producing test harness for Node.js and browsers.

ESLint

Pluggable JavaScript linter (`$ eslint --format=tap`).

Mocha

Feature-rich test framework for Node.js and browsers (`$ mocha reporter=tap`).

qunit-tap

TAP output for QUnit.

jasmine-reporters

TAP output for Jasmine.

karma-tap-reporter

TAP output for Karma.

mos

Markdown file generator and tester (`$ mos test --tap`).

zora

TAP-producing test runner that works with ES2015 without Babel.

node:test

Minimal TAP test runner included with Node.js.

Swift

TAP

A Swift package for the Test Anything Protocol (v13).

Fish

Fishtape

TAP producer and test harness for fish.

Bash

bats

Bash Automated Testing System.

ShellSpec

A full-featured BDD unit testing framework for POSIX shells.

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Consumers

Things that consume TAP output.

JavaScript

tap-parser

TAP parser.

tap-out

TAP parser.

yamlish

YAML-block parser.

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Tools

JavaScript

tap-dev-tool

Prettify TAP in the browser console.

tap-merge

Merge multiple TAP streams.

smokestack

Run TAP tests in a browser and write the output to `stdout`.

chutney

Run TAP tests at Sauce Labs. Lightweight [smokestack](https://github.com/hughsk/smokestack) alternative.

Python

tappy

Tools for working with TAP.

Articles

Understand the Test Anything Protocol

Tutorials

test-anything

Learn to test anything with TAP through an interactive workshop.

Documentation

Specification
Wikipedia

Community

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