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Google Test

9.9 6.3 L3 VLD VS Google Test

GoogleTest - Google Testing and Mocking Framework
Catch

9.6 8.9 L4 VLD VS Catch

A modern, C++-native, test framework for unit-tests, TDD and BDD - using C++14, C++17 and later (C++11 support is in v2.x branch, and C++03 on the Catch1.x branch)

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benchmark

9.0 0.0 L3 VLD VS benchmark

A microbenchmark support library
doctest

8.2 0.0 L1 VLD VS doctest

The fastest feature-rich C++11/14/17/20/23 single-header testing framework
Unity Test API

7.9 7.1 VLD VS Unity Test API

Simple Unit Testing for C
backward-cpp

7.6 0.0 L2 VLD VS backward-cpp

A beautiful stack trace pretty printer for C++
Remotery

7.1 0.0 VLD VS Remotery

Single C file, Realtime CPU/GPU Profiler with Remote Web Viewer
GDBFrontend

6.9 6.1 VLD VS GDBFrontend

☕ GDBFrontend is an easy, flexible and extensible gui debugger. Try it on https://debugme.dev
easy_profiler

6.6 0.0 L1 VLD VS easy_profiler

Lightweight profiler library for c++
CppUTest

6.6 8.2 VLD VS CppUTest

CppUTest unit testing and mocking framework for C/C++
Celero

5.0 0.0 L2 VLD VS Celero

C++ Benchmark Authoring Library/Framework
UnitTest++

4.8 0.0 L4 VLD VS UnitTest++

A lightweight unit testing framework for C++
fff

4.8 0.0 VLD VS fff

A testing micro framework for creating function test doubles
utest.h

4.4 0.0 VLD VS utest.h

🧪 single header unit testing framework for C and C++
minUnit

4.1 0.0 L4 VLD VS minUnit

Minimal unit testing framework for C
hayai

3.8 0.0 L2 VLD VS hayai

C++ benchmarking framework
Boost.Test

3.6 0.0 L4 VLD VS Boost.Test

The reference C++ unit testing framework (TDD, xUnit, C++03/11/14/17)
libtap

3.5 0.0 L4 VLD VS libtap

Write tests in C
ig-debugheap

2.8 0.0 L4 VLD VS ig-debugheap

Debug heap useful for tracking down memory errors.
Nonius

2.5 0.0 L5 VLD VS Nonius

A C++ micro-benchmarking framework
CppUnit

1.6 0.0 VLD VS CppUnit

C++ port of JUnit
Google Mock

0.9 - VLD VS Google Mock

A library for writing and using C++ mock classes. [BSD]
CUTE

- VLD VS CUTE

C++ Unit Testing Easier. [LGPL3]
CMocka

- VLD VS CMocka

unit testing framework for C with support for mock objects. [Apache2]
Mockator

- VLD VS Mockator

Eclipse CDT plug-in for C++ Seams and Mock Objects.
MemTrack

- VLD VS MemTrack

Tracking memory allocations in C++.
CTest

- VLD VS CTest

The CMake test driver program. [BSD]

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