Pester

5.0.5-beta1

Pester provides a framework for running BDD style Tests to execute and validate PowerShell commands inside of PowerShell and offers a powerful set of Mocking Functions that allow tests to mimic and mock the functionality of any command inside of a piece of PowerShell code being tested. Pester tests can execute any command or script that is accessible to a pester test file. This can include functions, Cmdlets, Modules and scripts. Pester can be run in ad hoc style in a console or it can be integrated into the Build scripts of a Continuous Integration system.

Minimum PowerShell version

3.0

This is a prerelease version of Pester.

There is a newer prerelease version of this module available.
See the version list below for details.

Installation Options

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using PowerShellGet More Info

Install-Module -Name Pester -RequiredVersion 5.0.5-beta1 -AllowPrerelease

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet More Info

Install-PSResource -Name Pester -Version 5.0.5-beta1 -Prerelease

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Manually download the .nupkg file to your system's default download location. Note that the file won't be unpacked, and won't include any dependencies. Learn More

Owners

Copyright

Package Details

Author(s)

Pester Team

Functions

Invoke-Pester Describe Context It Mock InModuleScope BeforeAll BeforeEach AfterEach AfterAll Should Add-ShouldOperator Get-ShouldOperator Export-NUnitReport ConvertTo-NUnitReport ConvertTo-Pester4Result New-TestContainer Assert-VerifiableMock Assert-MockCalled Set-ItResult New-MockObject

PSEditions

Core Desktop

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

https://github.com/pester/Pester/releases/tag/5.0.5

FileList

Pester.nuspec
junit_schema_4.xsd
nunit_schema_2.5.xsd
Pester.psd1
Pester.psm1
report.dtd
bin\net452\Pester.dll
bin\net452\Pester.pdb
bin\netstandard2.0\Pester.dll
bin\netstandard2.0\Pester.pdb
en-US\about_BeforeEach_AfterEach.help.txt
en-US\about_Mocking.help.txt
en-US\about_Pester.help.txt
en-US\about_Should.help.txt
en-US\about_TestDrive.help.txt

Version History

Version	Downloads	Last updated
6.2.0	902,906	9/9/2026
6.2.0-alpha2	77	9/5/2026
6.2.0-alpha1	234	8/30/2026
6.1.0	542,428	8/11/2026
6.1.0-rc1	326	8/6/2026
6.1.0-alpha2	783	7/17/2026
6.1.0-alpha1	398	7/9/2026
6.0.1	466,514	7/18/2026
6.0.0	257,644	7/7/2026
6.0.0-rc5	177	7/3/2026
6.0.0-rc4	174	6/30/2026
6.0.0-rc3	130	6/29/2026
6.0.0-rc2	212	6/28/2026
6.0.0-rc1	99	6/28/2026
6.0.0-alpha5	24,535	10/30/2024
6.0.0-alpha4	1,854	7/5/2024
6.0.0-alpha3	113	6/26/2024
6.0.0-alpha2	43	6/26/2024
6.0.0-alpha1	11,374	6/5/2024
5.9.1	223,856	8/11/2026
5.9.0	200,693	7/7/2026
5.8.0	148,429	6/30/2026
5.7.1	12,910,212	1/8/2025
5.7.0	43,266	1/8/2025
5.6.1	3,026,686	7/1/2024
5.6.0	338,802	6/5/2024
5.6.0-rc1	364	5/17/2024
5.6.0-beta1	763	4/25/2024
5.5.0	3,295,050	6/27/2023
5.5.0-rc1	903	6/16/2023
5.4.1	790,382	4/5/2023
5.4.0	678,079	1/10/2023
5.4.0-rc1	1,510	11/6/2022
5.3.3	1,766,887	4/29/2022
5.3.2	35,180	4/22/2022
5.3.1	1,466,807	9/21/2021
5.3.0	1,324,298	8/17/2021
5.3.0-rc1	540	8/3/2021
5.3.0-beta1	153	7/23/2021
5.3.0-alpha5	329	6/24/2021
5.3.0-alpha4	421	6/2/2021
5.3.0-alpha2	70	5/31/2021
5.3.0-alpha1	467	5/13/2021
5.2.2	636,280	5/27/2021
5.2.1	114,480	5/13/2021
5.2.0	68,653	5/6/2021
5.2.0-rc2	724	5/1/2021
5.2.0-rc1	779	4/25/2021
5.2.0-beta1	673	4/24/2021
5.2.0-alpha3	940	3/29/2021
5.2.0-alpha2	1,184	3/7/2021
5.2.0-alpha1	831	3/6/2021
5.1.1	1,235,931	12/11/2020
5.1.0	52,132	11/25/2020
5.1.0-rc2	5,081	11/19/2020
5.1.0-rc1	1,073	11/7/2020
5.1.0-beta4	778	11/1/2020
5.1.0-beta3	899	10/25/2020
5.1.0-beta2	1,040	10/7/2020
5.1.0-beta1	828	9/18/2020
5.0.5-beta1 (current version)	951	9/4/2020
5.0.4	157,868	9/3/2020
5.0.4-beta1	561	8/13/2020
5.0.3	118,605	8/8/2020
5.0.2	265,005	6/2/2020
5.0.1	159,167	5/28/2020
5.0.0	43,606	5/27/2020
5.0.0-rc9	1,349	5/16/2020
5.0.0-rc8	1,019	5/14/2020
5.0.0-rc7	798	5/12/2020
5.0.0-rc6	2,779	5/4/2020
5.0.0-rc5	1,726	4/24/2020
5.0.0-rc4	839	4/20/2020
5.0.0-rc3	1,055	4/14/2020
5.0.0-rc1	1,246	4/4/2020
5.0.0-beta	1,330	2/8/2020
5.0.0-alpha4	1,541	5/26/2019
5.0.0-alpha3	1,560	3/23/2019
4.10.2-beta1	670	5/29/2021
4.10.1	10,028,051	2/7/2020
4.10.0	585,730	2/1/2020
4.9.0	1,081,161	9/8/2019
4.8.1	514,534	5/11/2019
4.8.0	65,235	5/1/2019
4.7.3	118,262	3/23/2019
4.7.2	57,902	3/8/2019
4.7.1	20,830	3/5/2019
4.7.0	32,876	3/3/2019
4.7.0-beta1	757	2/23/2019
4.6.0	303,159	1/21/2019
4.5.0	96,325	1/10/2019
4.5.0-beta2	764	1/5/2019
4.5.0-beta1	843	12/20/2018
4.4.4	28,070	1/3/2019
4.4.3	48,450	12/11/2018
4.4.2	164,638	10/3/2018
4.4.1	24,601	9/26/2018
4.4.0	111,177	7/20/2018
4.4.0-beta2	23,144	7/8/2018
4.4.0-beta	23,099	5/6/2018
4.3.1	367,474	2/20/2018
4.2.0	28,070	2/18/2018
4.2.0-alpha3	22,894	12/17/2017
4.2.0-alpha2	22,758	12/12/2017
4.2.0-alpha1	47,780	12/12/2017
4.1.1	155,497	12/9/2017
4.1.0	96,246	11/15/2017
4.0.8	90,851	9/15/2017
4.0.7	7,605	9/13/2017
4.0.6	84,483	8/17/2017
4.0.5	82,067	7/25/2017
4.0.4	21,071	7/14/2017
4.0.3	178,208	3/22/2017
4.0.2	15,335	1/18/2017
3.4.6	24,258	1/13/2017
3.4.5	1,042	1/12/2017
3.4.3	33,036	8/26/2016
3.4.2	4,381	8/2/2016
3.4.1	1,742	7/22/2016
3.4.0	90,089	3/1/2016
3.3.14	1,371	12/16/2015
3.3.13	456	12/10/2015
3.3.12	348	12/8/2015
3.3.11	787	9/8/2015
3.3.10	506	8/14/2015
3.3.9	6,632	5/24/2015
3.3.8	437	4/15/2015
3.3.7	313	4/15/2015
3.3.6	373	3/19/2015
3.3.5	926	1/23/2015
3.3.4	329	1/22/2015
3.2.0	725	12/3/2014
3.1.1	377	10/30/2014
3.0.3	763	10/11/2014

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