testing-library/jest-dom

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4597 stars · 420 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A companion library for Testing Library that provides custom Jest matchers for asserting the state of DOM elements, such as visibility, attributes, text content, and form values. It extends Jest (and Jest-compatible expect like Vitest) with declarative, readable matchers like toBeInTheDocument and toHaveTextContent.

Use cases

• assert an element is in the document in jest tests
• check if a dom element is visible or disabled
• test form input values in react components
• assert element has a css class or attribute
• verify accessible name and role of elements
• write readable dom assertions with vitest

When to choose

• you use Jest or Vitest to test web UIs with a DOM
• you want declarative, user-centric DOM assertions alongside Testing Library
• you test React, Vue, or Angular components and need readable failure messages

When to avoid

• you are not testing DOM-based UIs (e.g. Node-only or React Native without DOM)
• you use a test runner with an incompatible expect implementation
• you need a full test framework or runner rather than assertion matchers

Facets

library · maturity stable

testing e2e-testing testing web-development frontend developer-tools browser jest jest-matchers dom jsdom vitest testing-library assertions ui-testing nodejs javascript

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