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brew install googletest v1.17.0 BSD-3-Clause

C++ testing framework with mocking support for unit and integration tests.

Why you might care

GoogleTest (gtest) is the industry standard for C++ test suites, offering rich assertions, test fixtures, and integrated mocking via Google Mock. Use it if you're writing C++ libraries or applications and need comprehensive, fast unit tests; it's a build dependency for many large C++ projects.

Categories

library header-only-library testing

Alternatives

Catch2 Boost.Test CppUnit doctest
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Build dependencies

cmake

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