@testing-library/reactvsjest

Winner: jest

jest is the safest overall pick in this comparison

@testing-library/react45/100

jest76/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: jest: 76/100, @testing-library/react: 45/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: jest: 0, @testing-library/react: 0.
GitHub activity: jest: 120 commits, @testing-library/react: 0 commits.
Known vulnerabilities: jest: 0, @testing-library/react: 0.
OpenSSF scores: jest: -/10, @testing-library/react: 3.7/10.

Caveats

The score favors jest, but ecosystem fit and API ergonomics can still outweigh the measured gap.

Package details

Risk signals

Measured metrics — each value links to its source.

Signal	@testing-library/react	jest
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	191 days ago	82 days ago
Open issues	64 open issues	164 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 27.62% of commits	top contributor makes 38.33% of commits
Commit activity	0 commits in the last 90 days	120 commits in the last 90 days
Pull request activity	2 PRs opened in the last 90 days	20 PRs opened in the last 90 days
OpenSSF score	3.7/10	not scored
Vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities

Weekly npm downloads

Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).

@testing-library/reactjest

View as table

Week	@testing-library/react	jest
2026-07-20	49,623,575	5,985,059
2026-07-13	47,963,821	29,197,585
2026-07-06	43,419,005	33,169,062
2026-06-29	42,577,343	41,496,824
2026-06-22	43,859,868	44,246,438
2026-06-15	45,157,239	46,050,564
2026-06-08	44,174,908	45,670,235
2026-06-01	36,326,269	37,067,762
2026-05-25	39,766,356	43,409,066
2026-05-18	42,261,875	45,362,478
2026-05-11	34,966,260	44,602,822
2026-05-04	42,955,104	42,452,428
2026-04-27	42,781,895	41,875,695
2026-04-20	38,687,457	42,513,446
2026-04-13	36,438,387	42,751,275
2026-04-06	31,860,983	42,113,873
2026-03-30	32,247,706	42,957,235
2026-03-23	34,275,531	46,815,547
2026-03-16	33,438,533	45,505,274
2026-03-09	33,869,131	45,619,501
2026-03-02	32,768,946	42,764,337
2026-02-23	31,604,035	42,056,303
2026-02-16	28,405,908	38,431,292
2026-02-09	27,952,396	38,809,412
2026-02-02	25,894,357	38,144,672
2026-01-26	25,747,159	35,657,338
2026-01-19	22,438,065	33,644,998
2026-01-12	20,480,545	32,959,049
2026-01-05	17,986,209	30,216,858
2025-12-29	9,761,986	17,688,482
2025-12-22	10,338,879	18,685,273
2025-12-15	18,849,560	32,441,946
2025-12-08	19,380,773	34,148,778
2025-12-01	19,839,010	36,604,613
2025-11-24	17,548,934	36,558,446
2025-11-17	18,733,752	34,960,320
2025-11-10	17,765,383	32,924,314
2025-11-03	17,839,709	32,931,319
2025-10-27	17,405,080	32,356,870
2025-10-20	18,282,713	30,923,341
2025-10-13	17,326,238	33,354,580
2025-10-06	17,372,546	32,467,975
2025-09-29	16,818,011	32,341,546
2025-09-22	16,551,510	31,619,564
2025-09-15	16,543,347	32,102,994
2025-09-08	16,408,329	31,697,385
2025-09-01	15,166,473	29,558,050
2025-08-25	17,338,161	33,841,287
2025-08-18	15,641,402	30,678,049
2025-08-11	14,644,979	29,084,308
2025-08-04	15,123,106	29,972,506
2025-07-28	18,508,290	38,361,188
2025-07-21	15,704,535	31,833,947
2025-07-14	14,986,691	34,533,380
2025-07-07	16,413,544	37,082,701
2025-06-30	15,358,395	34,557,898
2025-06-23	17,720,819	41,849,124
2025-06-16	17,797,202	43,051,452
2025-06-09	15,335,157	34,343,498
2025-06-02	14,941,018	33,088,369
2025-05-26	13,415,809	28,959,413
2025-05-19	14,576,243	31,561,235
2025-05-12	13,651,259	30,783,971
2025-05-05	12,985,949	28,534,179
2025-04-28	12,078,961	26,099,497
2025-04-21	12,629,473	27,436,674
2025-04-14	12,205,804	26,478,558
2025-04-07	12,885,696	28,370,309
2025-03-31	12,946,748	28,157,211
2025-03-24	13,075,893	27,616,228
2025-03-17	12,676,636	27,174,307
2025-03-10	12,546,497	27,004,492
2025-03-03	12,204,041	26,320,463
2025-02-24	12,241,221	26,605,291
2025-02-17	11,797,221	25,396,687
2025-02-10	12,147,638	26,882,720
2025-02-03	13,699,581	28,958,454
2025-01-27	11,518,270	25,227,073
2025-01-20	10,993,546	24,232,991
2025-01-13	11,230,683	24,708,768
2025-01-06	10,282,070	23,517,769
2024-12-30	5,436,806	13,716,803
2024-12-23	4,885,484	11,494,727
2024-12-16	10,393,554	23,910,900
2024-12-09	11,024,121	25,292,428
2024-12-02	10,952,148	26,088,137
2024-11-25	9,935,622	28,635,265
2024-11-18	11,241,281	33,308,652
2024-11-11	10,326,531	29,442,893
2024-11-04	10,512,725	27,681,994
2024-10-28	10,158,510	24,022,490
2024-10-21	10,812,741	26,067,812
2024-10-14	10,161,493	24,400,256
2024-10-07	10,200,769	24,353,825
2024-09-30	9,882,863	23,286,569
2024-09-23	10,419,653	24,481,415
2024-09-16	10,263,477	23,540,731
2024-09-09	10,503,667	23,997,909
2024-09-02	9,776,086	22,520,759
2024-08-26	10,045,707	23,233,525
2024-08-19	9,728,524	22,714,379
2024-08-12	9,104,233	21,201,056
2024-08-05	9,606,494	22,558,617
2024-07-29	9,707,231	22,736,262
2024-07-22	9,753,464	22,831,680
2024-07-15	9,804,786	23,520,793
2024-07-08	9,782,405	23,306,271
2024-07-01	9,034,650	21,043,951
2024-06-24	9,820,752	22,754,504
2024-06-17	9,615,408	22,848,589
2024-06-10	10,021,753	23,400,267
2024-06-03	9,933,365	23,516,903
2024-05-27	9,257,945	22,076,959
2024-05-20	9,454,513	22,453,040
2024-05-13	9,653,571	23,230,704
2024-05-06	9,034,050	21,657,307
2024-04-29	8,798,697	20,779,944
2024-04-22	9,650,323	22,934,795
2024-04-15	9,834,016	23,204,427
2024-04-08	9,509,238	22,656,192
2024-04-01	9,156,982	22,050,761
2024-03-25	8,463,020	20,180,622
2024-03-18	9,940,280	23,798,289
2024-03-11	9,929,979	23,760,346
2024-03-04	10,139,275	23,927,163
2024-02-26	10,113,379	24,297,288
2024-02-19	9,226,957	22,801,771
2024-02-12	9,067,977	22,089,678
2024-02-05	9,297,514	22,693,805
2024-01-29	9,476,697	23,232,173
2024-01-22	9,016,884	22,324,034
2024-01-15	8,710,739	21,762,518
2024-01-08	8,627,444	21,942,216
2024-01-01	6,258,549	16,441,997
2023-12-25	3,753,039	10,729,032
2023-12-18	7,595,678	20,002,736
2023-12-11	8,805,806	22,138,151
2023-12-04	8,753,257	22,134,417
2023-11-27	8,893,395	22,366,196
2023-11-20	7,822,432	20,059,676
2023-11-13	8,655,414	21,807,225
2023-11-06	8,787,820	22,359,284
2023-10-30	5,980,461	15,454,164
2023-10-23	8,528,832	22,251,822
2023-10-16	8,773,404	23,014,815
2023-10-09	8,159,979	21,274,064
2023-10-02	8,532,407	21,440,925
2023-09-25	8,628,066	22,223,516
2023-09-18	8,406,535	22,113,943
2023-09-11	8,474,831	22,327,026
2023-09-04	7,964,915	20,778,250
2023-08-28	8,256,361	21,653,771
2023-08-21	8,356,556	22,336,178
2023-08-14	7,891,534	20,405,752
2023-08-07	8,177,176	21,348,069
2023-07-31	8,216,254	21,607,611
2023-07-24	8,201,372	21,497,128
2023-07-17	8,364,307	21,722,505
2023-07-10	8,494,965	22,159,733
2023-07-03	7,592,179	20,165,086
2023-06-26	8,035,706	20,906,786
2023-06-19	8,062,060	20,774,143
2023-06-12	8,272,787	21,621,257
2023-06-05	8,080,795	20,788,483
2023-05-29	7,722,401	19,896,717
2023-05-22	8,200,409	20,769,564
2023-05-15	8,074,806	20,538,263
2023-05-08	8,170,964	20,689,148
2023-05-01	7,497,741	18,877,307
2023-04-24	8,412,634	20,766,031
2023-04-17	8,089,619	20,552,613
2023-04-10	7,657,837	19,594,070
2023-04-03	7,696,270	19,288,022
2023-03-27	8,460,640	21,606,802
2023-03-20	8,354,171	21,552,901
2023-03-13	8,262,507	21,556,686
2023-03-06	7,975,095	21,223,174
2023-02-27	8,136,192	21,261,462
2023-02-20	7,919,938	20,679,279
2023-02-13	7,978,980	21,153,212
2023-02-06	7,879,574	21,152,830
2023-01-30	7,828,147	21,143,016
2023-01-23	7,395,709	19,664,692
2023-01-16	7,239,163	19,104,602
2023-01-09	7,406,163	19,699,963
2023-01-02	5,928,376	15,793,867
2022-12-26	3,587,448	10,035,966
2022-12-19	6,154,174	16,284,142
2022-12-12	7,412,662	19,187,722
2022-12-05	7,524,257	19,602,391
2022-11-28	7,452,280	19,457,222
2022-11-21	6,514,360	17,447,513
2022-11-14	7,575,482	19,883,638
2022-11-07	7,281,786	19,415,612
2022-10-31	6,986,382	18,841,116
2022-10-24	7,160,466	19,097,501
2022-10-17	7,154,323	19,201,796
2022-10-10	6,897,886	18,208,786
2022-10-03	6,906,098	18,161,645
2022-09-26	7,000,000	18,735,983
2022-09-19	6,878,449	17,878,444
2022-09-12	7,168,405	18,545,455
2022-09-05	6,628,811	17,211,117
2022-08-29	6,605,411	17,654,309
2022-08-22	6,695,804	17,890,161
2022-08-15	6,322,579	16,930,709
2022-08-08	6,454,827	17,240,190
2022-08-01	6,530,967	17,434,021
2022-07-25	6,502,348	17,259,360
2022-07-18	5,482,777	14,562,251
2022-07-11	6,283,173	16,759,982
2022-07-04	5,824,651	15,863,694
2022-06-27	6,358,414	16,870,047
2022-06-20	6,214,622	16,432,540
2022-06-13	6,270,310	16,589,360
2022-06-06	6,381,615	16,756,544
2022-05-30	6,213,908	16,227,465
2022-05-23	6,182,315	16,060,688
2022-05-16	6,436,372	16,899,135
2022-05-09	6,212,969	16,485,935
2022-05-02	5,666,510	14,906,928
2022-04-25	6,306,808	16,825,757
2022-04-18	6,291,137	15,587,767
2022-04-11	6,557,774	15,870,629
2022-04-04	6,150,260	17,205,315
2022-03-28	6,070,365	18,178,494
2022-03-21	6,042,967	17,722,507
2022-03-14	5,925,819	16,637,458
2022-03-07	5,796,164	15,860,326
2022-02-28	5,565,855	15,875,513
2022-02-21	5,500,425	15,710,796
2022-02-14	5,854,367	16,829,734
2022-02-07	5,585,042	16,734,356
2022-01-31	5,370,564	15,622,068
2022-01-24	5,338,359	15,576,759
2022-01-17	5,140,153	15,190,679
2022-01-10	5,145,856	15,024,247
2022-01-03	4,130,425	12,428,160
2021-12-27	2,371,702	7,384,958
2021-12-20	3,585,905	10,795,468
2021-12-13	4,930,679	14,503,774
2021-12-06	4,820,574	14,510,914
2021-11-29	4,945,959	15,039,855
2021-11-22	4,319,832	13,201,129
2021-11-15	4,892,025	14,731,366
2021-11-08	4,793,322	14,482,576
2021-11-01	4,626,222	13,685,017
2021-10-25	4,588,743	13,996,726
2021-10-18	4,561,288	14,414,685
2021-10-11	4,542,597	13,792,243
2021-10-04	4,518,177	13,860,790
2021-09-27	4,472,309	13,714,169
2021-09-20	4,393,318	13,658,905
2021-09-13	4,301,034	13,318,200
2021-09-06	3,919,266	12,412,531
2021-08-30	4,079,926	12,859,864
2021-08-23	3,952,325	12,420,198
2021-08-16	3,870,544	12,096,255
2021-08-09	3,824,775	12,140,149
2021-08-02	3,761,594	12,024,748
2021-07-26	291,348	3,070,019

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