Pester

5.2.0-alpha3

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 accessible 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.

Minimum PowerShell version

3.0

This is a prerelease version of Pester.

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

Installation Options

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using PowerShellGet More Info

Install-Module -Name Pester -RequiredVersion 5.2.0-alpha3 -AllowPrerelease

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet More Info

Install-PSResource -Name Pester -Version 5.2.0-alpha3 -Prerelease

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Manually download the .nupkg file to your system's default download location. Note that the file won't be unpacked, and won't include any dependencies. Learn More

Owners

Copyright

Package Details

Author(s)

Pester Team

Functions

Invoke-Pester Describe Context It Mock InModuleScope BeforeDiscovery BeforeAll BeforeEach AfterEach AfterAll Should Add-ShouldOperator Get-ShouldOperator Export-NUnitReport ConvertTo-NUnitReport Export-JUnitReport ConvertTo-JUnitReport ConvertTo-Pester4Result New-PesterContainer Assert-VerifiableMock Assert-MockCalled Set-ItResult New-MockObject New-Fixture

PSEditions

Core Desktop

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

https://github.com/pester/Pester/releases/tag/5.2.0-alpha3

FileList

Pester.nuspec
junit_schema_4.xsd
nunit_schema_2.5.xsd
Pester.psd1
Pester.psm1
report.dtd
bin\net452\Pester.dll
bin\net452\Pester.pdb
bin\netstandard2.0\Pester.dll
bin\netstandard2.0\Pester.pdb
en-US\about_BeforeEach_AfterEach.help.txt
en-US\about_Mocking.help.txt
en-US\about_Pester.help.txt
en-US\about_Should.help.txt
en-US\about_TestDrive.help.txt

Version History

Version	Downloads	Last updated
6.1.0	302,164	8/11/2026
6.1.0-rc1	325	8/6/2026
6.1.0-alpha2	782	7/17/2026
6.1.0-alpha1	396	7/9/2026
6.0.1	429,462	7/18/2026
6.0.0	231,155	7/7/2026
6.0.0-rc5	175	7/3/2026
6.0.0-rc4	173	6/30/2026
6.0.0-rc3	129	6/29/2026
6.0.0-rc2	211	6/28/2026
6.0.0-rc1	96	6/28/2026
6.0.0-alpha5	24,523	10/30/2024
6.0.0-alpha4	1,840	7/5/2024
6.0.0-alpha3	112	6/26/2024
6.0.0-alpha2	42	6/26/2024
6.0.0-alpha1	11,370	6/5/2024
5.9.1	35,039	8/11/2026
5.9.0	112,528	7/7/2026
5.8.0	124,700	6/30/2026
5.7.1	12,360,104	1/8/2025
5.7.0	40,849	1/8/2025
5.6.1	2,912,169	7/1/2024
5.6.0	329,847	6/5/2024
5.6.0-rc1	363	5/17/2024
5.6.0-beta1	762	4/25/2024
5.5.0	3,202,976	6/27/2023
5.5.0-rc1	894	6/16/2023
5.4.1	735,453	4/5/2023
5.4.0	675,550	1/10/2023
5.4.0-rc1	1,509	11/6/2022
5.3.3	1,762,775	4/29/2022
5.3.2	35,161	4/22/2022
5.3.1	1,460,052	9/21/2021
5.3.0	1,296,896	8/17/2021
5.3.0-rc1	539	8/3/2021
5.3.0-beta1	152	7/23/2021
5.3.0-alpha5	328	6/24/2021
5.3.0-alpha4	420	6/2/2021
5.3.0-alpha2	69	5/31/2021
5.3.0-alpha1	465	5/13/2021
5.2.2	633,674	5/27/2021
5.2.1	113,676	5/13/2021
5.2.0	67,519	5/6/2021
5.2.0-rc2	723	5/1/2021
5.2.0-rc1	777	4/25/2021
5.2.0-beta1	670	4/24/2021
5.2.0-alpha3 (current version)	935	3/29/2021
5.2.0-alpha2	1,164	3/7/2021
5.2.0-alpha1	825	3/6/2021
5.1.1	1,205,618	12/11/2020
5.1.0	51,759	11/25/2020
5.1.0-rc2	5,080	11/19/2020
5.1.0-rc1	1,072	11/7/2020
5.1.0-beta4	777	11/1/2020
5.1.0-beta3	898	10/25/2020
5.1.0-beta2	1,039	10/7/2020
5.1.0-beta1	827	9/18/2020
5.0.5-beta1	950	9/4/2020
5.0.4	156,903	9/3/2020
5.0.4-beta1	560	8/13/2020
5.0.3	118,508	8/8/2020
5.0.2	264,135	6/2/2020
5.0.1	158,247	5/28/2020
5.0.0	43,192	5/27/2020
5.0.0-rc9	1,348	5/16/2020
5.0.0-rc8	1,018	5/14/2020
5.0.0-rc7	797	5/12/2020
5.0.0-rc6	2,778	5/4/2020
5.0.0-rc5	1,725	4/24/2020
5.0.0-rc4	838	4/20/2020
5.0.0-rc3	1,053	4/14/2020
5.0.0-rc1	1,244	4/4/2020
5.0.0-beta	1,329	2/8/2020
5.0.0-alpha4	1,538	5/26/2019
5.0.0-alpha3	1,557	3/23/2019
4.10.2-beta1	669	5/29/2021
4.10.1	9,794,625	2/7/2020
4.10.0	582,221	2/1/2020
4.9.0	1,077,842	9/8/2019
4.8.1	513,859	5/11/2019
4.8.0	63,642	5/1/2019
4.7.3	117,087	3/23/2019
4.7.2	57,878	3/8/2019
4.7.1	20,776	3/5/2019
4.7.0	32,850	3/3/2019
4.7.0-beta1	753	2/23/2019
4.6.0	301,615	1/21/2019
4.5.0	96,305	1/10/2019
4.5.0-beta2	761	1/5/2019
4.5.0-beta1	840	12/20/2018
4.4.4	27,735	1/3/2019
4.4.3	47,205	12/11/2018
4.4.2	164,184	10/3/2018
4.4.1	24,529	9/26/2018
4.4.0	110,066	7/20/2018
4.4.0-beta2	23,138	7/8/2018
4.4.0-beta	23,096	5/6/2018
4.3.1	365,702	2/20/2018
4.2.0	27,897	2/18/2018
4.2.0-alpha3	22,888	12/17/2017
4.2.0-alpha2	22,755	12/12/2017
4.2.0-alpha1	47,777	12/12/2017
4.1.1	155,178	12/9/2017
4.1.0	96,089	11/15/2017
4.0.8	90,410	9/15/2017
4.0.7	7,595	9/13/2017
4.0.6	84,318	8/17/2017
4.0.5	82,017	7/25/2017
4.0.4	21,064	7/14/2017
4.0.3	178,103	3/22/2017
4.0.2	15,329	1/18/2017
3.4.6	23,121	1/13/2017
3.4.5	1,036	1/12/2017
3.4.3	32,793	8/26/2016
3.4.2	4,356	8/2/2016
3.4.1	1,714	7/22/2016
3.4.0	74,747	3/1/2016
3.3.14	1,362	12/16/2015
3.3.13	448	12/10/2015
3.3.12	343	12/8/2015
3.3.11	784	9/8/2015
3.3.10	501	8/14/2015
3.3.9	6,551	5/24/2015
3.3.8	433	4/15/2015
3.3.7	311	4/15/2015
3.3.6	369	3/19/2015
3.3.5	919	1/23/2015
3.3.4	326	1/22/2015
3.2.0	719	12/3/2014
3.1.1	371	10/30/2014
3.0.3	756	10/11/2014

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