ink-testing-library
Testing utilities for Ink CLI components and interactive terminal apps.
Testing npm MIT
How ink-testing-library is used
ink-testing-library is a dependency in 3 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 20 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. The most used alternative in our scan is Vitest (1,278 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Ink (80.0%), React (95.0%), chalk (60.0%).
ink-testing-library popularity over time
Gid Score 36: downloads 57, use in agent projects 28, GitHub stars 0, downloads trend 63 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with ink-testing-library
| Ink | 80.0% of ink-testing-library projects · 206.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| React | 95.0% of ink-testing-library projects · 2.9× more than average |
| chalk | 60.0% of ink-testing-library projects · 20.8× more than average |
| Prettier | 65.0% of ink-testing-library projects · 3.1× more than average |
| TypeScript | 100.0% of ink-testing-library projects · 1.8× more than average |
| Axios | 40.0% of ink-testing-library projects · 5.2× more than average |
| ink-gradient | 40.0% of ink-testing-library projects · 1241.6× more than average |
| ink-select-input | 35.0% of ink-testing-library projects · 543.2× more than average |
From all 20 projects in our scan that use ink-testing-library, including the dependency samples.
How ink-testing-library is funded
Open Collective: Vadim Demedes
| Received, last 12 months | $72 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $85 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $167 |
| Raised since the start | $8,880 · $8,714 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $8 · $4 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | +55% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 2 |
Top company backers all time
| WorkOS | $10,000 since Feb 2022 |
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Feb 2022Sep 2026
Money by month. First money received in Feb 2022. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 2 more tools in our catalog: Ink, ink-select-input.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
Ways to fund ink-testing-library
Open Collective Own page
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install ink-testing-library |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (17), Next.js (3) |
| Example projects | langchain-ai/openwiki, davideast/stitch-mcp, ARBProtocol/solana-jupiter-bot, getsentry/warden, anxelswanz/astraea-agent |
Alternatives to ink-testing-library
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside ink-testing-library are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitest npm Next-generation testing framework powered by Vite with native ESM. |
84 | 1,278 (26.5%) | 77.5M | 17.3K | MIT |
| Jest npm Delightful JavaScript testing framework with minimal configuration. |
81 | 394 (8.2%) | 25.8M | 45.5K | MIT |
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