jestvs@testing-library/react

Winner: jest

jest is the safest overall pick in this comparison

jest76/100

@testing-library/react45/100

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

Weekly npm downloads

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

jest@testing-library/react

View as table

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

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