Awesome Tap Overview
Useful resources for the Test Anything Protocol
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Awesome TAP 
Useful resources for the Test Anything Protocol
TAP is a simple text-based interface between testing modules in a test harness.
The list is very JavaScript focused right now. That's just because I'm only familiar with TAP stuff in the JS world. Contributions welcome for any language.
Contents
Reporters
JavaScript
- tap-dot (⭐35) - Dotted output.
- tap-spec (⭐280) - Mocha-like spec reporter.
- tap-nyan (⭐144) - Nyan cat.
- tap-min (⭐6) - Minimal output.
- tap-difflet (⭐48) - Minimal output with diffing.
- tap-diff (⭐93) - Human-friendly output with diffing.
- tap-simple (⭐6) - Simple output.
- faucet (⭐541) - Human-readable summarizer.
- tap-mocha-reporter (⭐24) - Use any of the Mocha reporters (⭐24).
- tap-summary (⭐43) - Summarized output.
- tap-pessimist (⭐15) - Only shows failed tests.
- tap-prettify (⭐34) - Nice readable output with diffing.
- tap-colorize - Colorize the output while preserving machine-readability.
- tap-bail (⭐19) - Bail out when the first test fails.
- tap-notify (⭐59) - Notifier for macOS, Linux and Windows.
- tap-json (⭐24) - JSON output.
- ava-tap-json (⭐1) - JSON output with AVA compatibility.
- tap-xunit (⭐42) - xUnit output.
- tap-teamcity (⭐8) - Output for TeamCity.
Producers
Things that produce TAP output.
JavaScript
- AVA (⭐20k) - Futuristic test runner (
$ ava --tap). - tap (⭐2.1k) - TAP test framework for Node.js.
- tape (⭐5.7k) - TAP-producing test harness for Node.js and browsers.
- ESLint - Pluggable JavaScript linter (
$ eslint --format=tap). - Mocha - Feature-rich test framework for Node.js and browsers (
$ mocha reporter=tap). - qunit-tap (⭐72) - TAP output for QUnit.
- jasmine-reporters (⭐397) - TAP output for Jasmine.
- karma-tap-reporter (⭐7) - TAP output for Karma.
- mos (⭐108) - Markdown file generator and tester (
$ mos test --tap). - zora (⭐482) - TAP-producing test runner that works with ES2015 without Babel.
- node:test - Minimal TAP test runner included with Node.js.
Swift
- TAP (⭐21) - A Swift package for the Test Anything Protocol (v13).
Fish
- Fishtape (⭐314) - TAP producer and test harness for fish.
Bash
- bats (⭐7.1k) - Bash Automated Testing System.
- ShellSpec (⭐807) - A full-featured BDD unit testing framework for POSIX shells.
Consumers
Things that consume TAP output.
JavaScript
- tap-parser (⭐116) - TAP parser.
- tap-out (⭐23) - TAP parser.
- yamlish (⭐22) - YAML-block parser.
Tools
JavaScript
- tap-dev-tool (⭐29) - Prettify TAP in the browser console.
- tap-merge (⭐13) - Merge multiple TAP streams.
- smokestack (⭐246) - Run TAP tests in a browser and write the output to
stdout. - chutney (⭐5) - Run TAP tests at Sauce Labs. Lightweight smokestack (⭐246) alternative.
Python
- tappy (⭐120) - Tools for working with TAP.
Articles
Tutorials
- test-anything (⭐166) - Learn to test anything with TAP through an interactive workshop.