Name: TUnit.Core
Author: Tom Longhurst

TUnit.Core v0.87.8 — nugetz

Feature	Traditional Frameworks	TUnit
Test Discovery	❌ Runtime reflection	✅ Compile-time generation
Execution Speed	❌ Sequential by default	✅ Parallel by default
Modern .NET	⚠️ Limited AOT support	✅ Native AOT & trimming
Test Dependencies	❌ Not supported	✅ `[DependsOn]` chains
Resource Management	❌ Manual lifecycle	✅ Automatic cleanup

dotnet new install TUnit.Templates
dotnet new TUnit -n "MyTestProject"

dotnet add package TUnit --prerelease

[Test]
public async Task User_Creation_Should_Set_Timestamp()
{
    // Arrange
    var userService = new UserService();

    // Act
    var user = await userService.CreateUserAsync("john.doe@example.com");

    // Assert - TUnit's fluent assertions
    await Assert.That(user.CreatedAt)
        .IsEqualTo(DateTime.Now)
        .Within(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1));

    await Assert.That(user.Email)
        .IsEqualTo("john.doe@example.com");
}

[Test]
[Arguments("user1@test.com", "ValidPassword123")]
[Arguments("user2@test.com", "AnotherPassword456")]
[Arguments("admin@test.com", "AdminPass789")]
public async Task User_Login_Should_Succeed(string email, string password)
{
    var result = await authService.LoginAsync(email, password);
    await Assert.That(result.IsSuccess).IsTrue();
}

// Matrix testing - tests all combinations
[Test]
[MatrixDataSource]
public async Task Database_Operations_Work(
    [Matrix("Create", "Update", "Delete")] string operation,
    [Matrix("User", "Product", "Order")] string entity)
{
    await Assert.That(await ExecuteOperation(operation, entity))
        .IsTrue();
}

[Before(Class)]
public static async Task SetupDatabase(ClassHookContext context)
{
    await DatabaseHelper.InitializeAsync();
}

[Test, DisplayName("Register a new account")]
[MethodDataSource(nameof(GetTestUsers))]
public async Task Register_User(string username, string password)
{
    // Test implementation
}

[Test, DependsOn(nameof(Register_User))]
[Retry(3)] // Retry on failure
public async Task Login_With_Registered_User(string username, string password)
{
    // This test runs after Register_User completes
}

[Test]
[ParallelLimit<LoadTestParallelLimit>] // Custom parallel control
[Repeat(100)] // Run 100 times
public async Task Load_Test_Homepage()
{
    // Performance testing
}

// Custom attributes
[Test, WindowsOnly, RetryOnHttpError(5)]
public async Task Windows_Specific_Feature()
{
    // Platform-specific test with custom retry logic
}

public class LoadTestParallelLimit : IParallelLimit
{
    public int Limit => 10; // Limit to 10 concurrent executions
}

// Custom conditional execution
public class WindowsOnlyAttribute : SkipAttribute
{
    public WindowsOnlyAttribute() : base("Windows only test") { }

    public override Task<bool> ShouldSkip(TestContext testContext)
        => Task.FromResult(!OperatingSystem.IsWindows());
}

// Custom retry logic
public class RetryOnHttpErrorAttribute : RetryAttribute
{
    public RetryOnHttpErrorAttribute(int times) : base(times) { }

    public override Task<bool> ShouldRetry(TestInformation testInformation,
        Exception exception, int currentRetryCount)
        => Task.FromResult(exception is HttpRequestException { StatusCode: HttpStatusCode.ServiceUnavailable });
}

Package	Use Case
`TUnit`	Start here - Complete testing framework (includes Core + Engine + Assertions)
`TUnit.Core`	Test libraries and shared components (no execution engine)
`TUnit.Engine`	Test execution engine and adapter (for test projects)
`TUnit.Assertions`	Standalone assertions (works with any test framework)
`TUnit.Playwright`	Playwright integration with automatic lifecycle management

// TUnit test with dependency management and retries
[Test]
[Arguments("value1")]
[Arguments("value2")]
[Retry(3)]
[ParallelLimit<CustomLimit>]
public async Task Modern_TUnit_Test(string value) { }


BenchmarkDotNet v0.15.5, Linux Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C CPU 2.80GHz (Max: 2.79GHz), 1 CPU, 4 logical and 2 physical cores
.NET SDK 10.0.100-rc.2.25502.107
  [Host]     : .NET 10.0.0 (10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107, 10.0.25.50307), X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v4
  Job-GVKUBM : .NET 10.0.0 (10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107, 10.0.25.50307), X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v4

Runtime=.NET 10.0

Method	Version	Mean	Error	StdDev	Median
Build_TUnit	0.86.10	1.745 s	0.0348 s	0.0326 s	1.746 s
Build_NUnit	4.4.0	1.543 s	0.0158 s	0.0148 s	1.538 s
Build_MSTest	4.0.1	1.613 s	0.0197 s	0.0184 s	1.616 s
Build_xUnit3	3.1.0	1.513 s	0.0157 s	0.0147 s	1.518 s


BenchmarkDotNet v0.15.5, Linux Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)
AMD EPYC 7763 2.45GHz, 1 CPU, 4 logical and 2 physical cores
.NET SDK 10.0.100-rc.2.25502.107
  [Host]     : .NET 10.0.0 (10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107, 10.0.25.50307), X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v3
  Job-GVKUBM : .NET 10.0.0 (10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107, 10.0.25.50307), X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v3

Runtime=.NET 10.0

Method	Version	Mean	Error	StdDev	Median
TUnit	0.86.10	550.3 ms	5.18 ms	4.84 ms	549.2 ms
NUnit	4.4.0	699.9 ms	6.28 ms	5.88 ms	700.4 ms
MSTest	4.0.1	667.9 ms	7.47 ms	6.23 ms	666.9 ms
xUnit3	3.1.0	641.9 ms	3.04 ms	2.84 ms	641.9 ms
TUnit_AOT	0.86.10	173.8 ms	0.58 ms	0.54 ms	173.9 ms


BenchmarkDotNet v0.15.5, Linux Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)
AMD EPYC 7763 2.45GHz, 1 CPU, 4 logical and 2 physical cores
.NET SDK 10.0.100-rc.2.25502.107
  [Host]     : .NET 10.0.0 (10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107, 10.0.25.50307), X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v3
  Job-GVKUBM : .NET 10.0.0 (10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107, 10.0.25.50307), X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v3

Runtime=.NET 10.0

Method	Version	Mean	Error	StdDev	Median
TUnit	0.86.10	519.03 ms	5.999 ms	5.611 ms	519.52 ms
NUnit	4.4.0	619.54 ms	12.145 ms	17.025 ms	614.65 ms
MSTest	4.0.1	632.36 ms	12.544 ms	12.319 ms	631.28 ms
xUnit3	3.1.0	507.74 ms	4.370 ms	4.087 ms	506.88 ms
TUnit_AOT	0.86.10	74.88 ms	0.324 ms	0.303 ms	74.93 ms


BenchmarkDotNet v0.15.5, Linux Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C CPU 2.80GHz (Max: 2.79GHz), 1 CPU, 4 logical and 2 physical cores
.NET SDK 10.0.100-rc.2.25502.107
  [Host]     : .NET 10.0.0 (10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107, 10.0.25.50307), X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v4
  Job-GVKUBM : .NET 10.0.0 (10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107, 10.0.25.50307), X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v4

Runtime=.NET 10.0

Method	Version	Mean	Error	StdDev	Median
TUnit	0.86.10	696.8 ms	5.14 ms	4.81 ms	696.1 ms
NUnit	4.4.0	1,202.2 ms	6.87 ms	6.09 ms	1,202.2 ms
MSTest	4.0.1	3,001.0 ms	5.96 ms	5.28 ms	3,001.6 ms
xUnit3	3.1.0	2,966.4 ms	8.21 ms	7.28 ms	2,964.4 ms
TUnit_AOT	0.86.10	279.2 ms	0.66 ms	0.62 ms	279.1 ms


BenchmarkDotNet v0.15.5, Linux Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)
AMD EPYC 7763 2.45GHz, 1 CPU, 4 logical and 2 physical cores
.NET SDK 10.0.100-rc.2.25502.107
  [Host]     : .NET 10.0.0 (10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107, 10.0.25.50307), X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v3
  Job-GVKUBM : .NET 10.0.0 (10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107, 10.0.25.50307), X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v3

Runtime=.NET 10.0

Method	Version	Mean	Error	StdDev	Median
TUnit	0.86.10	626.5 ms	6.15 ms	5.75 ms	624.8 ms
NUnit	4.4.0	1,535.8 ms	10.02 ms	8.37 ms	1,533.9 ms
MSTest	4.0.1	1,499.8 ms	9.65 ms	9.03 ms	1,499.5 ms
xUnit3	3.1.0	1,517.8 ms	5.74 ms	5.37 ms	1,516.8 ms
TUnit_AOT	0.86.10	177.0 ms	0.49 ms	0.43 ms	177.0 ms


BenchmarkDotNet v0.15.5, Linux Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)
AMD EPYC 7763 2.62GHz, 1 CPU, 4 logical and 2 physical cores
.NET SDK 10.0.100-rc.2.25502.107
  [Host]     : .NET 10.0.0 (10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107, 10.0.25.50307), X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v3
  Job-GVKUBM : .NET 10.0.0 (10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107, 10.0.25.50307), X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v3

Runtime=.NET 10.0

Method	Version	Mean	Error	StdDev	Median
TUnit	0.86.10	520.12 ms	6.200 ms	5.496 ms	519.39 ms
NUnit	4.4.0	688.25 ms	8.293 ms	7.757 ms	686.78 ms
MSTest	4.0.1	686.01 ms	11.597 ms	10.280 ms	687.04 ms
xUnit3	3.1.0	492.65 ms	3.582 ms	3.176 ms	492.63 ms
TUnit_AOT	0.86.10	80.02 ms	0.194 ms	0.162 ms	79.99 ms

thomhurst/TUnit.Corev0.87.8

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