Pester

5.6.0-rc1

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 5.6.0-rc1 -AllowPrerelease

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

Install-PSResource -Name Pester -Version 5.6.0-rc1 -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 New-PesterConfiguration 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/5.6.0-rc1

FileList

Pester.nuspec
Pester.Format.ps1xml
Pester.ps1
Pester.psd1
Pester.psm1
PesterConfiguration.Format.ps1xml
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
schemas\JaCoCo\report.dtd
schemas\JUnit4\junit_schema_4.xsd
schemas\NUnit25\nunit_schema_2.5.xsd
schemas\NUnit3\TestDefinitions.xsd
schemas\NUnit3\TestFilterDefinitions.xsd
schemas\NUnit3\TestResult.xsd

Version History

Version	Downloads	Last updated
6.1.0-alpha2	760	7/17/2026
6.1.0-alpha1	375	7/9/2026
6.0.1	333,038	7/18/2026
6.0.0	215,234	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	24,513	10/30/2024
6.0.0-alpha4	1,833	7/5/2024
6.0.0-alpha3	112	6/26/2024
6.0.0-alpha2	42	6/26/2024
6.0.0-alpha1	11,369	6/5/2024
5.9.0	68,964	7/7/2026
5.8.0	117,032	6/30/2026
5.7.1	12,142,855	1/8/2025
5.7.0	40,083	1/8/2025
5.6.1	2,877,310	7/1/2024
5.6.0	327,844	6/5/2024
5.6.0-rc1 (current version)	362	5/17/2024
5.6.0-beta1	761	4/25/2024
5.5.0	3,172,713	6/27/2023
5.5.0-rc1	888	6/16/2023
5.4.1	712,031	4/5/2023
5.4.0	673,492	1/10/2023
5.4.0-rc1	1,509	11/6/2022
5.3.3	1,759,737	4/29/2022
5.3.2	35,154	4/22/2022
5.3.1	1,456,690	9/21/2021
5.3.0	1,286,069	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	632,449	5/27/2021
5.2.1	113,202	5/13/2021
5.2.0	66,675	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	935	3/29/2021
5.2.0-alpha2	1,164	3/7/2021
5.2.0-alpha1	825	3/6/2021
5.1.1	1,190,846	12/11/2020
5.1.0	51,615	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	947	9/4/2020
5.0.4	156,563	9/3/2020
5.0.4-beta1	558	8/13/2020
5.0.3	118,456	8/8/2020
5.0.2	263,851	6/2/2020
5.0.1	157,905	5/28/2020
5.0.0	42,982	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	9,672,579	2/7/2020
4.10.0	580,420	2/1/2020
4.9.0	1,075,171	9/8/2019
4.8.1	513,537	5/11/2019
4.8.0	62,864	5/1/2019
4.7.3	116,698	3/23/2019
4.7.2	57,869	3/8/2019
4.7.1	20,718	3/5/2019
4.7.0	32,830	3/3/2019
4.7.0-beta1	753	2/23/2019
4.6.0	301,154	1/21/2019
4.5.0	96,278	1/10/2019
4.5.0-beta2	761	1/5/2019
4.5.0-beta1	840	12/20/2018
4.4.4	27,631	1/3/2019
4.4.3	46,913	12/11/2018
4.4.2	163,875	10/3/2018
4.4.1	24,390	9/26/2018
4.4.0	109,760	7/20/2018
4.4.0-beta2	23,138	7/8/2018
4.4.0-beta	23,096	5/6/2018
4.3.1	364,837	2/20/2018
4.2.0	27,717	2/18/2018
4.2.0-alpha3	22,783	12/17/2017
4.2.0-alpha2	22,755	12/12/2017
4.2.0-alpha1	47,755	12/12/2017
4.1.1	155,045	12/9/2017
4.1.0	96,002	11/15/2017
4.0.8	90,221	9/15/2017
4.0.7	7,594	9/13/2017
4.0.6	84,162	8/17/2017
4.0.5	81,977	7/25/2017
4.0.4	21,062	7/14/2017
4.0.3	177,951	3/22/2017
4.0.2	15,316	1/18/2017
3.4.6	22,672	1/13/2017
3.4.5	1,022	1/12/2017
3.4.3	32,634	8/26/2016
3.4.2	4,311	8/2/2016
3.4.1	1,708	7/22/2016
3.4.0	70,032	3/1/2016
3.3.14	1,354	12/16/2015
3.3.13	438	12/10/2015
3.3.12	330	12/8/2015
3.3.11	783	9/8/2015
3.3.10	499	8/14/2015
3.3.9	6,465	5/24/2015
3.3.8	432	4/15/2015
3.3.7	310	4/15/2015
3.3.6	368	3/19/2015
3.3.5	918	1/23/2015
3.3.4	325	1/22/2015
3.2.0	718	12/3/2014
3.1.1	370	10/30/2014
3.0.3	755	10/11/2014

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