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# Poku

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🐷 [Website](https://poku.io/)<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>📘 [Documentation](https://poku.io/docs)<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>🧪 [Examples](https://poku.io/docs/category/examples)<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>🧑🏻‍🎓 [Tutorials](https://poku.io/docs/category/quick-tutorials)

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## Why does Poku exist?

💡 **Poku** is a cross-platform test runner that brings the [**JavaScript** essence back to testing](https://poku.io/docs/philosophy#javascript-essence-for-tests-).

![check][] High **isolation** level per file<br />
![check][] **Performant** and **lightweight**<br />
![check][] Auto detect **ESM**, **CJS**, and **TypeScript** files<br />
![check][] Run the **same test suite** for [**Node.js**](https://github.com/nodejs/node), [**Bun**](https://github.com/oven-sh/bun), and [**Deno**](https://github.com/denoland/deno)<br />
![check][] Easily handle **servers**, **processes**, **ports**, and even **containers** ✨

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## Quickstart

### ![check][] Install

<table>
<tr>
<td width="225">

```bash
# Node.js
npm i -D poku
```

</td>
<td width="225">

```bash
# TypeScript (Node.js)
npm i -D poku tsx
```

</td>
<td width="225">

```bash
# Bun
bun add -d poku
```

</td>
<td width="225">

```bash
# Deno (optional)
deno add npm:poku
```

</td>
</tr>
</table>

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### ![check][] Test

<table>
<tr>
<td>
<blockquote>test/file.test.mjs</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="1200">

```ts
import { assert } from 'poku';

assert(true, 'Poku will describe it 🐷');
```

</td>
</tr>
</table>

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### ![check][] Run

<table>
<tr>
<td><blockquote><i>Node.js (and TypeScript)</i></blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote><i>Bun</i></blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote><i>Deno</i></blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="400">

```bash
npx poku
```

</td>
<td width="400">

```bash
bun poku
```

</td>
<td width="400">

```bash
deno run npm:poku
```

</td>
</tr>
</table>

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## Features

### ![check][] Essentials

<table>
  <tr>
    <td width="280"><a href="https://poku.io/docs/category/-poku">poku</a></td>
    <td width="770">🧪 Test runner</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/assert">assert • strict</a></td>
    <td>🔬 Test assertion <i>(<strong>Node.js</strong> familiar <strong>API</strong>)</i></td>
  </tr>
</table>

### ![check][] Helpers

<table>
  <tr>
    <td width="250"><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/test">test</a> • <a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/describe">describe</a> • <a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/it">it</a></td>
    <td width="800">🤹🏻‍♀️ Organize, group, and isolate tests</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/env">envFile</a></td>
    <td>⚙️ Process an environment file <i>(out-of-box)</i></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/category/-before-and-after-each">beforeEach • afterEach</a></td>
    <td>🃏 Hooks for test setup and teardown</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/startScript">startScript</a> • <a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/startService">startService</a></td>
    <td>🌐 Run package.json scripts and files in background</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/containers">docker</a></td>
    <td>🐳 Build, start, compose, stop, remove, and test containers</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/processes/kill">kill</a></td>
    <td>🔌 Terminate ports, port ranges, and PIDs</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/processes/wait-for-port">waitForPort</a></td>
    <td>😴 Wait for specified ports to become active</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/processes/wait-for-expected-result">waitForExpectedResult</a></td>
    <td>🥱 Retry until an expected result or times out</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/skip">skip</a></td>
    <td>⏭️ Skip tests when necessary</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/only">only</a></td>
    <td>🌌 Debug tests by enabling selective runs</td>
  </tr>
</table>

### ![check][] Common Options

<table>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/helpers/coverage">coverage</a></td>
    <td>☔️ Enable coverage collection using a coverage plugin</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/poku/config-files">config</a></td>
    <td>⚙️ Customize your <b>Poku</b> options in a config file</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="280"><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/poku/options/watch">watch</a></td>
    <td width="770">🍿 Watch for changes and re-run related test files</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://poku.io/docs/documentation/poku/options/debug">debug</a></td>
    <td>🕵🏻 Shows all logs</td>
  </tr>
</table>

> _and much more_ 👇🏻

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## Documentation and Examples

To see the detailed documentation, please visit the [**Documentation**](https://poku.io/docs/category/documentation) and [**Examples**](https://poku.io/docs/category/examples) sections in the [**Poku**'s website](https://poku.io). **Poku** also offers _mini-lessons_ for different users needs in the [**Quick Tutorials**](https://poku.io/docs/category/quick-tutorials) section.

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### Common Issues (FAQ)

- [Avoiding conflicts in environments with multiple platforms installed](https://poku.io/docs/tutorials/cross-platform#recommendations)
- [Properly running asynchronous tests on the same file](https://poku.io/docs/examples/promises)
- [Using **Poku** without installing it on **Deno**](https://github.com/wellwelwel/poku/discussions/565)
- Migrating:
  - [**3.x.x** → **4.x.x**](https://github.com/wellwelwel/poku/issues/1006)
  - [**2.x.x** → **3.x.x**](https://github.com/wellwelwel/poku/issues/801)
  - [**1.x.x** → **2.x.x**](https://github.com/wellwelwel/poku/issues/533)

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## Quick Comparisons

### Performance

**Poku** is [continuously tested](https://github.com/wellwelwel/poku/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci_benchmark.yml) to ensure the following average expectations for basic usage:

- ~**5.3x** faster than [**Jest**](https://github.com/jestjs/jest) (v30.4.2)
- ~**4.5x** faster than [**Vitest**](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest) (v4.1.6)

> - You can see how the tests are run and compared in the [**benchmark**](https://github.com/wellwelwel/poku/tree/main/benchmark) directory.

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### Installation Size

[![Install Size](https://packagephobia.com/badge?p=poku)](https://pkg-size.dev/poku)

- [~**145x** lighter than **Jest**](https://pkg-size.dev/jest@30.4.2)
- [~**124x** lighter than **Vitest**](https://pkg-size.dev/vitest@4.1.6)
- [~**83x** lighter than **AVA**](https://pkg-size.dev/ava@8.0.0)
- [~**47x** lighter than **Mocha**](https://pkg-size.dev/mocha@11.7.5)
- [~**2.8x** lighter than **uvu**](https://pkg-size.dev/uvu@0.5.6)

> **Poku** size ensures _cost-saving_ **CI** for services that charge for storage and usage.

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## Security Policy

Please check the [**SECURITY.md**](https://github.com/wellwelwel/poku/blob/main/SECURITY.md).

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## Contributing

See the [**Contributing Guide**](https://github.com/wellwelwel/poku/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and please follow our [**Code of Conduct**](https://github.com/wellwelwel/poku/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) 🚀

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## Acknowledgements

### Contributors

My thanks to everyone who has dedicated their time and effort to improving **Poku**.

[![Contributors](https://opencollective.com/poku/contributors.svg?width=890&button=false)]()

### Sponsors

Really thanks to everyone who has supported and keeps supporting my work.

> _Also for the private ones, who don't appear here_ 🕵

[![Sponsors](https://wellwelwel.github.io/wellwelwel/sponsors.svg?v=1)](https://github.com/sponsors/wellwelwel)

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## License

**Poku** is under the [**MIT License**](https://github.com/wellwelwel/poku/blob/main/LICENSE).<br />
Copyright © 2024-present [**Weslley Araújo**](https://github.com/wellwelwel) and [**contributors**](https://github.com/wellwelwel/poku/graphs/contributors).

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