{"id":55484,"date":"2025-02-10T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/?p=55484"},"modified":"2025-02-27T09:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:36:33","slug":"mtp-adoption-frameworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/mtp-adoption-frameworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft.Testing.Platform: Now Supported by All Major .NET Test Frameworks"},"content":{"rendered":"

A year ago, we launched Microsoft.Testing.Platform<\/code> as part of the MSTest Runner announcement<\/a>. Our goal was to create a reliable testing platform for .NET projects, focused on extensibility and modularity.<\/p>\n

We are excited to announce that Microsoft.Testing.Platform has now reached 20 Million+ downloads. We are thrilled to see the adoption of the platform by all major .NET test frameworks. Whether you are using Expecto, MSTest, NUnit, TUnit, or xUnit.net, you can now leverage the new testing platform to run your tests.<\/p>\n

In this post, we\u2019ll highlight the test frameworks that have embraced Microsoft.Testing.Platform<\/code>, share their unique characteristics, and provide resources for getting started.<\/p>\n

What is Microsoft.Testing.Platform<\/h2>\n

Microsoft.Testing.Platform is a lightweight and portable alternative to VSTest<\/a> for running tests in all contexts, including continuous integration (CI) pipelines, CLI, Visual Studio Test Explorer, and VS Code Text Explorer. The Microsoft.Testing.Platform is embedded directly in your test projects, and there’s no other app dependencies, such as vstest.console<\/code> or dotnet test<\/code> needed to run your tests.<\/p>\n

Microsoft.Testing.Platform<\/code> is open source. To submit an issue or contribute to the project, you can find Microsoft.Testing.Platform<\/code> code in microsoft\/testfx<\/a> GitHub repository.<\/p>\n

Key features<\/h3>\n

Microsoft.Testing.Platform<\/code> is designed as a modular<\/strong> and extensible<\/strong> testing platform, allowing you to include only the components you need and to extend any part of the test execution.<\/p>\n

The core platform is designed to be portable<\/strong> and dependency-free<\/strong> allowing you to produce test applications that can run anywhere .NET is supported.\nMicrosoft.Testing.Platform<\/code> is also integrated<\/strong> with Visual Studio Test Explorer<\/strong>, VS Code Test Explorer<\/strong> in C# Dev Kit, Azure DevOps<\/strong> and .NET SDK<\/strong> providing a seamless experience for developers.<\/p>\n

Additional resources<\/h3>\n