Comparison of C++ unit test frameworks [closed]

A new player is Google Test (also known as Google C++ Testing Framework) which is pretty nice though.

#include <gtest/gtest.h>

TEST(MyTestSuitName, MyTestCaseName) {
    int actual = 1;
    EXPECT_GT(actual, 0);
    EXPECT_EQ(1, actual) << "Should be equal to one";
}

Main features:

  • Portable
  • Fatal and non-fatal assertions
  • Easy assertions informative messages: ASSERT_EQ(5, Foo(i)) << " where i = " << i;
  • Google Test automatically detects your tests and doesn't require you to enumerate them in order to run them
  • Make it easy to extend your assertion vocabulary
  • Death tests (see advanced guide)
  • SCOPED_TRACE for subroutine loops
  • You can decide which tests to run
  • XML test report generation
  • Fixtures / Mock / Templates...

I've just pushed my own framework, CATCH, out there. It's still under development but I believe it already surpasses most other frameworks. Different people have different criteria but I've tried to cover most ground without too many trade-offs. Take a look at my linked blog entry for a taster. My top five features are:

  • Header only
  • Auto registration of function and method based tests
  • Decomposes standard C++ expressions into LHS and RHS (so you don't need a whole family of assert macros).
  • Support for nested sections within a function based fixture
  • Name tests using natural language - function/ method names are generated

It also has Objective-C bindings. The project is hosted on Github