Pester 3.0.0-beta2

This is a prerelease version of Pester.

There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.

dotnet add package Pester --version 3.0.0-beta2

NuGet\Install-Package Pester -Version 3.0.0-beta2

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="Pester" Version="3.0.0-beta2" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="Pester" Version="3.0.0-beta2" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="Pester" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add Pester --version 3.0.0-beta2

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

#r "nuget: Pester, 3.0.0-beta2"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package Pester@3.0.0-beta2

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=Pester&version=3.0.0-beta2&prerelease
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=Pester&version=3.0.0-beta2&prerelease
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

Pester provides a framework for running BDD style Tests to execute and validate PowerShell commands inside of PowerShell and offers a powerful set of Mocking Functions that allow tests to mimic and mock the functionality of any command inside of a piece of powershell code being tested. Pester tests can execute any command or script that is accesible to a pester test file. This can include functions, Cmdlets, Modules and scripts. Pester can be run in ad hoc style in a console or it can be integrated into the Build scripts of a Continuous Integration system.

There are no supported framework assets in this package.

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

This package has no dependencies.

NuGet packages (5)

Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on Pester:

Package	Downloads
Ops.Resource.Core.Lan.Windows Provides the core cookbooks and scripts that are used to configure new Windows machines on a local network.	11.3K
Ops.Resource.Core.Azure.Windows Provides the core cookbooks and scripts that are used to create new Windows machine images on Azure.	10.9K
PesterForPackageManagerConsole Expose Pester to the Package Manager Console inside Visual Studio	4.6K
Ops.Resource.Core.HyperV.Image.Windows Provides the core cookbooks and scripts that are used to configure new Windows install on a Hyper-V virtual hard drive template.	3.4K
Ops.Resource.Core.HyperV.Resource.Windows Provides the scripts that are used to create a new Windows machine on Hyper-V from a virtual hard drive template.	3.3K

GitHub repositories (1)

Showing the top 1 popular GitHub repositories that depend on Pester:

Repository	Stars
workleap/dynamite C# toolkit to help you build maintainable SharePoint 2013 farm solutions	116

Version	Downloads	Last Updated
5.7.1	20,640	1/8/2025
5.5.0	31,297	6/27/2023
5.4.1	9,697	4/5/2023
5.4.0	6,544	1/10/2023
5.3.3	8,657	4/29/2022
5.3.2	1,062	4/22/2022
5.3.1	4,636	9/21/2021
5.3.0	1,136	8/17/2021
5.2.2	1,745	5/27/2021
5.2.1	863	5/13/2021
5.2.0	1,702	5/6/2021
5.1.1	48,430	12/11/2020
5.1.0	1,008	11/25/2020
5.0.4	2,606	9/3/2020
5.0.4-beta1	727	8/13/2020
4.10.2-beta1	418	5/29/2021
4.10.1	219,383	2/7/2020
4.10.0	1,533	2/1/2020
4.9.0	309,159	9/8/2019
4.8.1	41,183	5/11/2019
4.8.0	1,607	5/1/2019
4.7.3	2,863	3/23/2019
4.7.2	1,735	3/8/2019
4.7.1	5,982	3/5/2019
4.7.0	1,049	3/3/2019
4.4.1	175,759	9/20/2018
4.4.0	5,296	7/20/2018
4.4.0-beta2	1,349	7/8/2018
4.4.0-beta	1,357	5/6/2018
4.3.1	59,352	2/20/2018
4.2.0	1,713	2/18/2018
4.2.0-alpha3	1,406	12/17/2017
4.2.0-alpha2	1,385	12/12/2017
4.1.1	4,016	12/9/2017
4.1.0	1,622	11/21/2017
4.0.8	23,135	9/15/2017
4.0.7	1,515	9/13/2017
4.0.6-rc	1,217	8/17/2017
4.0.5-rc	2,376	7/25/2017
4.0.3-rc	5,187	3/22/2017
4.0.2-rc	1,265	1/18/2017
4.0.1-rc	1,264	1/18/2017
4.0.0-rc1	1,299	1/18/2017
3.4.6	171,167	1/13/2017
3.4.3	16,595	8/26/2016
3.4.2	2,214	8/2/2016
3.4.1	2,684	7/22/2016
3.4.0	26,047	3/1/2016
3.3.14	10,319	12/16/2015
3.3.13	1,831	12/10/2015
3.3.12	11,439	12/8/2015
3.3.11	17,106	9/8/2015
3.3.10	22,285	8/14/2015
3.3.9	29,094	5/24/2015
3.3.8	2,352	4/15/2015
3.3.7	1,879	4/15/2015
3.3.6	2,665	3/19/2015
3.3.5	2,578	1/23/2015
3.3.4	1,855	1/22/2015
3.3.3	1,828	1/22/2015
3.3.2	1,772	1/19/2015
3.3.1	1,938	1/12/2015
3.3.0	1,917	1/10/2015
3.2.0	4,147	12/3/2014
3.1.1	2,422	10/29/2014
3.0.3	2,268	10/13/2014
3.0.2	6,800	9/8/2014
3.0.1.1	2,359	8/28/2014
3.0.0	2,294	8/21/2014
3.0.0-beta2	1,849	7/4/2014
3.0.0-beta	1,883	6/25/2014
2.1.0	4,150	6/15/2014
2.0.4	2,376	3/9/2014
2.0.3	10,061	4/16/2013
2.0.2	2,029	2/28/2013
2.0.1	2,041	2/3/2013
1.2.1	1,951	2/3/2013
1.1.1	2,022	12/29/2012
1.1.0	2,188	11/4/2012
1.0.6	2,050	8/12/2012
1.0.5	2,032	5/6/2012
1.0.3	2,566	5/29/2011
1.0.2	2,144	5/24/2011
1.0.1	2,315	5/1/2011
1.0.0	2,580	3/14/2011

Features added:
Add code coverage

Features fixed:
Fix TestName
Fix direct execution of tests when the script is dot-sourced to global scope
Fix mock parameter filter in strict mode
Fix nUnit schema compatibility
Fix special characters in nUnit output