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Agents tracked: 378 Downloads (7d): 244M down 5.7% GitHub stars: 8.4M VS Code installs: 151M Releases (7d): 407 Agent status: 1 with issues Updated Oct 10, 2026

@nx/vitest

Nx plugin for fast unit testing with Vitest in monorepo projects.

Testing npm MIT

Used in agent projects
36
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in testing
#23 of 40
by use in those projects
Downloads
2.3M
npm, last 7 days, @nx/vitest
GitHub stars
29.4K
last push Oct 10, 2026

How @nx/vitest is used

@nx/vitest is a dependency in 36 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #23 of 40 in testing. The most used alternative there is Vitest. Projects that use it most often also use Nx (100.0%), Vitest (100.0%), Nx JS Plugin (94.4%). It is more common in projects set up for OpenAI Codex (4.0%) than for GitHub Copilot (0.7%).

Often used with @nx/vitest

Nx100.0% of @nx/vitest projects · 95.5× more than average
Vitest100.0% of @nx/vitest projects · 8.2× more than average
Nx JS Plugin94.4% of @nx/vitest projects · 114.2× more than average
Vite94.4% of @nx/vitest projects · 4.1× more than average
Nx Vite Plugin83.3% of @nx/vitest projects · 170.7× more than average
SWC72.2% of @nx/vitest projects · 62.8× more than average
Nx Workspace69.4% of @nx/vitest projects · 122.5× more than average

By coding agent

Claude Code0.9% of projects set up for it
GitHub Copilot0.7% of projects set up for it
OpenAI Codex4.0% of projects set up for it
Cursor0.7% of projects set up for it
Gemini CLI1.8% of projects set up for it
OpenCode2.5% of projects set up for it

Share of public repos configured for each agent that list @nx/vitest as a dependency.

Install

Packagenpm install @nx/vitest
Main stacksTypeScript / JavaScript (30), Python (3), Rust (2), Java / Kotlin (1)
Example projectsJMBeresford/retrom, spencermarx/open-code-review, lucasvieirasilva/nx-plugins, awslabs/nx-plugin-for-aws, AmadeusITGroup/otter

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