Pester

6.0.0-alpha1

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

5.1

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 6.0.0-alpha1 -AllowPrerelease

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

Install-PSResource -Name Pester -Version 6.0.0-alpha1 -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-False Assert-True Assert-Falsy Assert-Truthy Assert-All Assert-Any Assert-Contain Assert-NotContain Assert-Collection Assert-Equivalent Assert-Throw Assert-Equal Assert-GreaterThan Assert-GreaterThanOrEqual Assert-LessThan Assert-LessThanOrEqual Assert-NotEqual Assert-NotNull Assert-NotSame Assert-NotType Assert-Null Assert-Same Assert-Type Assert-Like Assert-NotLike Assert-StringEqual Assert-StringNotEqual Assert-StringEmpty Assert-StringNotWhiteSpace Assert-StringNotEmpty Assert-Faster Assert-Slower Assert-Before Assert-After Get-EquivalencyOption 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/6.0.0-alpha1

FileList

Pester.nuspec
Pester.Format.ps1xml
Pester.ps1
Pester.psd1
Pester.psm1
PesterConfiguration.Format.ps1xml
bin\net462\Pester.dll
bin\net6.0\Pester.dll
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	23	7/17/2026
6.1.0-alpha1	218	7/9/2026
6.0.0	197,428	7/7/2026
6.0.0-rc5	167	7/3/2026
6.0.0-rc4	173	6/30/2026
6.0.0-rc3	129	6/29/2026
6.0.0-rc2	210	6/28/2026
6.0.0-rc1	96	6/28/2026
6.0.0-alpha5	24,502	10/30/2024
6.0.0-alpha4	1,828	7/5/2024
6.0.0-alpha3	112	6/26/2024
6.0.0-alpha2	42	6/26/2024
6.0.0-alpha1 (current version)	11,369	6/5/2024
5.9.0	13,639	7/7/2026
5.8.0	109,708	6/30/2026
5.7.1	11,956,007	1/8/2025
5.7.0	38,636	1/8/2025
5.6.1	2,851,839	7/1/2024
5.6.0	326,736	6/5/2024
5.6.0-rc1	362	5/17/2024
5.6.0-beta1	761	4/25/2024
5.5.0	3,151,048	6/27/2023
5.5.0-rc1	887	6/16/2023
5.4.1	691,353	4/5/2023
5.4.0	671,564	1/10/2023
5.4.0-rc1	1,509	11/6/2022
5.3.3	1,757,075	4/29/2022
5.3.2	35,153	4/22/2022
5.3.1	1,453,773	9/21/2021
5.3.0	1,279,632	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	631,843	5/27/2021
5.2.1	112,917	5/13/2021
5.2.0	66,148	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	1,182,428	12/11/2020
5.1.0	51,465	11/25/2020
5.1.0-rc2	5,080	11/19/2020
5.1.0-rc1	1,071	11/7/2020
5.1.0-beta4	777	11/1/2020
5.1.0-beta3	898	10/25/2020
5.1.0-beta2	1,037	10/7/2020
5.1.0-beta1	827	9/18/2020
5.0.5-beta1	947	9/4/2020
5.0.4	156,373	9/3/2020
5.0.4-beta1	558	8/13/2020
5.0.3	118,442	8/8/2020
5.0.2	263,593	6/2/2020
5.0.1	157,520	5/28/2020
5.0.0	42,826	5/27/2020
5.0.0-rc9	1,347	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	1,724	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	1,537	5/26/2019
5.0.0-alpha3	1,555	3/23/2019
4.10.2-beta1	667	5/29/2021
4.10.1	9,577,946	2/7/2020
4.10.0	578,562	2/1/2020
4.9.0	1,073,183	9/8/2019
4.8.1	512,980	5/11/2019
4.8.0	61,921	5/1/2019
4.7.3	116,337	3/23/2019
4.7.2	57,855	3/8/2019
4.7.1	20,703	3/5/2019
4.7.0	32,810	3/3/2019
4.7.0-beta1	752	2/23/2019
4.6.0	300,507	1/21/2019
4.5.0	96,271	1/10/2019
4.5.0-beta2	760	1/5/2019
4.5.0-beta1	839	12/20/2018
4.4.4	27,471	1/3/2019
4.4.3	46,574	12/11/2018
4.4.2	163,536	10/3/2018
4.4.1	24,145	9/26/2018
4.4.0	109,333	7/20/2018
4.4.0-beta2	23,138	7/8/2018
4.4.0-beta	23,095	5/6/2018
4.3.1	363,938	2/20/2018
4.2.0	27,242	2/18/2018
4.2.0-alpha3	22,781	12/17/2017
4.2.0-alpha2	22,754	12/12/2017
4.2.0-alpha1	47,754	12/12/2017
4.1.1	154,996	12/9/2017
4.1.0	95,978	11/15/2017
4.0.8	89,974	9/15/2017
4.0.7	7,592	9/13/2017
4.0.6	84,123	8/17/2017
4.0.5	81,954	7/25/2017
4.0.4	21,060	7/14/2017
4.0.3	177,946	3/22/2017
4.0.2	15,314	1/18/2017
3.4.6	22,493	1/13/2017
3.4.5	1,014	1/12/2017
3.4.3	32,614	8/26/2016
3.4.2	4,305	8/2/2016
3.4.1	1,704	7/22/2016
3.4.0	65,418	3/1/2016
3.3.14	1,348	12/16/2015
3.3.13	435	12/10/2015
3.3.12	328	12/8/2015
3.3.11	781	9/8/2015
3.3.10	497	8/14/2015
3.3.9	6,457	5/24/2015
3.3.8	430	4/15/2015
3.3.7	308	4/15/2015
3.3.6	363	3/19/2015
3.3.5	916	1/23/2015
3.3.4	325	1/22/2015
3.2.0	716	12/3/2014
3.1.1	368	10/30/2014
3.0.3	754	10/11/2014

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