# paralleldrive/riteway

Simple, readable, helpful unit tests. Optimized for AI Driven Development.

Repository: https://github.com/paralleldrive/riteway
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/riteway
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-31T06:37:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3306, "days_push": 2, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1195, forks 40 (observed 2026-09-01T02:14:05.757414+00:00)

## What it is
Riteway is a JavaScript unit testing assertion library and test runner that enforces a simple, readable, explicit test style based on the '5 questions every unit test must answer'. It also includes a CLI for writing AI agent prompt evaluations, positioning itself as the testing framework for AI Driven Development.

## Use cases
- write readable unit tests for javascript functions
- run unit tests with a simple tap-based test runner
- evaluate ai agent prompts as test suites
- structure tests for ai-driven development workflows
- reduce boilerplate in test assertions
- pair a minimal assertion style with vitest or playwright

## When to choose
- you want minimal, highly readable unit tests in javascript
- you are practicing AI-driven development and want tests AI agents can easily understand
- you prefer TAP output and tape-compatible tooling
- you need to write prompt evaluations for AI agents

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured framework with mocks, snapshots, and rich plugins out of the box
- your team is standardized on jest, mocha, or vitest APIs
- you are not writing JavaScript or Node.js projects

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: testing, cli
- domain: testing, developer-tools, artificial-intelligence
- platform: cli
- tags: unit-testing, assertion-library, tap, ai-driven-development, test-runner, readable-tests, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- paralleldrive/riteway (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:05.757414+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:22:10.402682+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/paralleldrive/riteway (fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:05.757414+00:00, sha 37140c21961d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.