Pester

6.0.0-alpha2

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-alpha2 -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-alpha2 -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 Should-BeFalse Should-BeTrue Should-BeFalsy Should-BeTruthy Should-All Should-Any Should-ContainCollection Should-NotContainCollection Should-BeCollection Should-BeEquivalent Should-Throw Should-Be Should-BeGreaterThan Should-BeGreaterThanOrEqual Should-BeLessThan Should-BeLessThanOrEqual Should-NotBe Should-NotBeNull Should-NotBeSame Should-NotHaveType Should-BeNull Should-BeSame Should-HaveType Should-BeString Should-NotBeString Should-BeEmptyString Should-NotBeWhiteSpaceString Should-NotBeEmptyString Should-BeLikeString Should-NotBeLikeString Should-BeFasterThan Should-BeSlowerThan Should-BeBefore Should-BeAfter New-MockObject New-Fixture Set-ItResult

PSEditions

Core Desktop

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

https://github.com/pester/Pester/releases/tag/6.0.0-alpha2

FileList

Pester.nuspec
Pester.psm1
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
Pester.Format.ps1xml
Pester.ps1
PesterConfiguration.Format.ps1xml
Pester.psd1

Version History

Version	Downloads	Last updated
6.2.0	245,275	9/9/2026
6.2.0-alpha2	72	9/5/2026
6.2.0-alpha1	234	8/30/2026
6.1.0	512,382	8/11/2026
6.1.0-rc1	326	8/6/2026
6.1.0-alpha2	783	7/17/2026
6.1.0-alpha1	397	7/9/2026
6.0.1	444,882	7/18/2026
6.0.0	243,802	7/7/2026
6.0.0-rc5	177	7/3/2026
6.0.0-rc4	174	6/30/2026
6.0.0-rc3	130	6/29/2026
6.0.0-rc2	212	6/28/2026
6.0.0-rc1	98	6/28/2026
6.0.0-alpha5	24,526	10/30/2024
6.0.0-alpha4	1,848	7/5/2024
6.0.0-alpha3	113	6/26/2024
6.0.0-alpha2 (current version)	43	6/26/2024
6.0.0-alpha1	11,374	6/5/2024
5.9.1	100,711	8/11/2026
5.9.0	151,628	7/7/2026
5.8.0	136,510	6/30/2026
5.7.1	12,541,314	1/8/2025
5.7.0	41,463	1/8/2025
5.6.1	2,951,703	7/1/2024
5.6.0	332,091	6/5/2024
5.6.0-rc1	364	5/17/2024
5.6.0-beta1	763	4/25/2024
5.5.0	3,240,679	6/27/2023
5.5.0-rc1	895	6/16/2023
5.4.1	760,963	4/5/2023
5.4.0	676,824	1/10/2023
5.4.0-rc1	1,510	11/6/2022
5.3.3	1,764,459	4/29/2022
5.3.2	35,164	4/22/2022
5.3.1	1,463,184	9/21/2021
5.3.0	1,309,610	8/17/2021
5.3.0-rc1	540	8/3/2021
5.3.0-beta1	153	7/23/2021
5.3.0-alpha5	329	6/24/2021
5.3.0-alpha4	421	6/2/2021
5.3.0-alpha2	70	5/31/2021
5.3.0-alpha1	467	5/13/2021
5.2.2	634,666	5/27/2021
5.2.1	113,939	5/13/2021
5.2.0	68,143	5/6/2021
5.2.0-rc2	724	5/1/2021
5.2.0-rc1	779	4/25/2021
5.2.0-beta1	672	4/24/2021
5.2.0-alpha3	938	3/29/2021
5.2.0-alpha2	1,172	3/7/2021
5.2.0-alpha1	830	3/6/2021
5.1.1	1,220,084	12/11/2020
5.1.0	51,900	11/25/2020
5.1.0-rc2	5,081	11/19/2020
5.1.0-rc1	1,073	11/7/2020
5.1.0-beta4	778	11/1/2020
5.1.0-beta3	899	10/25/2020
5.1.0-beta2	1,040	10/7/2020
5.1.0-beta1	828	9/18/2020
5.0.5-beta1	951	9/4/2020
5.0.4	157,347	9/3/2020
5.0.4-beta1	561	8/13/2020
5.0.3	118,575	8/8/2020
5.0.2	264,574	6/2/2020
5.0.1	158,591	5/28/2020
5.0.0	43,402	5/27/2020
5.0.0-rc9	1,349	5/16/2020
5.0.0-rc8	1,019	5/14/2020
5.0.0-rc7	798	5/12/2020
5.0.0-rc6	2,779	5/4/2020
5.0.0-rc5	1,726	4/24/2020
5.0.0-rc4	839	4/20/2020
5.0.0-rc3	1,055	4/14/2020
5.0.0-rc1	1,245	4/4/2020
5.0.0-beta	1,330	2/8/2020
5.0.0-alpha4	1,540	5/26/2019
5.0.0-alpha3	1,559	3/23/2019
4.10.2-beta1	670	5/29/2021
4.10.1	9,904,643	2/7/2020
4.10.0	583,453	2/1/2020
4.9.0	1,079,127	9/8/2019
4.8.1	514,183	5/11/2019
4.8.0	64,246	5/1/2019
4.7.3	117,856	3/23/2019
4.7.2	57,883	3/8/2019
4.7.1	20,794	3/5/2019
4.7.0	32,857	3/3/2019
4.7.0-beta1	756	2/23/2019
4.6.0	302,158	1/21/2019
4.5.0	96,308	1/10/2019
4.5.0-beta2	763	1/5/2019
4.5.0-beta1	842	12/20/2018
4.4.4	27,944	1/3/2019
4.4.3	47,637	12/11/2018
4.4.2	164,346	10/3/2018
4.4.1	24,575	9/26/2018
4.4.0	110,304	7/20/2018
4.4.0-beta2	23,139	7/8/2018
4.4.0-beta	23,098	5/6/2018
4.3.1	366,456	2/20/2018
4.2.0	28,000	2/18/2018
4.2.0-alpha3	22,893	12/17/2017
4.2.0-alpha2	22,757	12/12/2017
4.2.0-alpha1	47,779	12/12/2017
4.1.1	155,316	12/9/2017
4.1.0	96,163	11/15/2017
4.0.8	90,630	9/15/2017
4.0.7	7,601	9/13/2017
4.0.6	84,385	8/17/2017
4.0.5	82,049	7/25/2017
4.0.4	21,067	7/14/2017
4.0.3	178,130	3/22/2017
4.0.2	15,331	1/18/2017
3.4.6	23,414	1/13/2017
3.4.5	1,038	1/12/2017
3.4.3	32,846	8/26/2016
3.4.2	4,361	8/2/2016
3.4.1	1,718	7/22/2016
3.4.0	79,662	3/1/2016
3.3.14	1,364	12/16/2015
3.3.13	452	12/10/2015
3.3.12	345	12/8/2015
3.3.11	786	9/8/2015
3.3.10	504	8/14/2015
3.3.9	6,599	5/24/2015
3.3.8	435	4/15/2015
3.3.7	312	4/15/2015
3.3.6	371	3/19/2015
3.3.5	922	1/23/2015
3.3.4	327	1/22/2015
3.2.0	723	12/3/2014
3.1.1	375	10/30/2014
3.0.3	759	10/11/2014

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