atoum/atoum
The modern, simple and intuitive PHP unit testing framework. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 49
- Release rhythm 40
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 75.0
- age_days: 5550
- days_rel: 323
- days_push: 307
- n_releases_24m: 3
Adoption not part of the score
1442 stars · 144 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
atoum is a modern, standalone unit testing framework for PHP, distributed as a single PHAR archive. It offers fluent, natural-language-style asserters, an easy mock generator, and multiple execution engines (inline, isolated, concurrent) for fast and reliable tests.
Use cases
- write unit tests for a PHP project
- generate mocks and stubs for PHP classes
- run tests in parallel for faster feedback
- test PHP 8.x code with modern language features
- adopt a BDD-like given/when/then test style
- integrate unit testing into continuous integration pipelines
When to choose
- you want a simple, standalone PHP test framework installable as a single PHAR
- you prefer fluent, readable assertions over PHPUnit's API
- you need built-in test isolation and concurrent execution
- you target modern PHP 8.0-8.4 features like enums, readonly properties, and property hooks
When to avoid
- your team and tooling ecosystem is already standardized on PHPUnit
- you need a framework with broader third-party extension adoption
- you are testing non-PHP code
Facets
library · maturity active
testing mocking testing developer-tools programming-languages php cli unit-testing test-framework assertions mock-generator php8 fluent-interface test-isolation bdd-style
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/atoum/atoum · fetched 2026-08-28 · 386baa552102
- homepage: http://atoum.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · f57e282ec798
- site_page: https://atoum.org/features.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 306ee1b95b26
- site_page: http://atoum.org/about/contact.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · fc16cac8a370
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| atoum/atoum | main | 10 |
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