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gotestyourself/gotestsum

'go test' runner with output optimized for humans, JUnit XML for CI integration, and a summary of the test results. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/gotestyourself/gotestsum · Go · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

67/100

  • Activity 77
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 54
  • age_days: 3087
  • days_rel: 356
  • days_push: 141
  • n_releases_24m: 4

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2712 stars · 170 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

gotestsum is a Go test runner that wraps 'go test -' to produce human-friendly formatted output and a test run summary. It also writes JUnit XML for CI integration, re-runs failed tests, and offers watch mode for local development.

Use cases

  • run go tests with prettier output
  • generate junit xml reports for ci
  • rerun only failed flaky tests
  • watch go files and rerun tests on save
  • find slowest go tests
  • summarize go test results

When to choose

  • you want readable go test output locally or in CI
  • your CI system needs JUnit XML test reports
  • you have flaky tests and want to rerun failures only

When to avoid

  • you are not testing Go code
  • you need a full test framework rather than a runner wrapper

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

testing cli ci-cd testing developer-tools cli cross-platform go go-test test-runner junit-xml test-output-formatting flaky-test-rerun watch-mode command-line

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
gotestyourself/gotestsummain67

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