About pest
pest is maintained by pestphp. The official source lists it as a Open-source PHP project for PHP. Recorded deployment prerequisites: PHP ^8.4. The source-listed version at this metadata check is v5.3.2. The recorded license is MIT. Core code permissions do not establish the price of premium editions, hosting, external APIs or support. Use the attributed source links below to verify current terms.
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Abandoned: false
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Classification:
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Composer require: {"php":"^8.4","brianium/paratest":"^7.26.1","nunomaduro/collision":"^8.9.5","nunomaduro/termwind":"^2.4.0","pestphp/pest-plugin":"^5.0.0","pestphp/pest-plugin-arch":"^5.0.0","pestphp/pest-plugin-mutate":"^5.0.2","pestphp/pest-plugin-profanity":"^5.0.1","phpunit/phpunit":"^13.4.2","symfony/process":"^8.1.7"}
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Composer source: https://api.github.com/repos/pestphp/pest/contents/composer.json
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Default branch: 5.x
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Github forks: 548
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Github stars: 11740
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Issue tracker enabled: true
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Latest release: v5.3.2
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License: MIT
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Metadata refresh: official-source-v1
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Name: pest
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Open issues and pull requests: 275
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Package license: MIT
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Package type: library
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Platform: PHP
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Primary language: PHP
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Release published: 2026-10-12T17:37:40Z
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Release source: https://api.github.com/repos/pestphp/pest/releases/latest
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Repository: pestphp/pest
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Repository archived: false
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Repository created: 2020-03-11T20:36:55Z
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Repository fork: false
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Repository last push: 2026-10-18T20:53:51Z
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Repository push: 2026-10-18T20:53:51Z
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Source api: https://api.github.com/repos/pestphp/pest
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Type: Open-source PHP project
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