start-server-and-test
Utility to start a server, wait for it, run tests, then shut down.
Testing npm MIT
Used in agent projects
31
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in testing
#26 of 40
by use in those projects
Downloads
1.9M
npm, last 7 days, start-server-and-test
GitHub stars
1,583
last push Oct 7, 2026
How start-server-and-test is used
start-server-and-test is a dependency in 31 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #26 of 40 in testing. The most used alternative there is Vitest. Projects that use it most often also use Prettier (77.4%), ESLint (93.5%), ts-node (54.8%).
Often used with start-server-and-test
| Prettier | 77.4% of start-server-and-test projects · 4.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| ESLint | 93.5% of start-server-and-test projects · 2.5× more than average |
| ts-node | 54.8% of start-server-and-test projects · 8.0× more than average |
| Solana Web3.js | 54.8% of start-server-and-test projects · 3.3× more than average |
| Cypress | 41.9% of start-server-and-test projects · 104.4× more than average |
| TypeScript | 96.8% of start-server-and-test projects · 1.7× more than average |
| Borsh | 35.5% of start-server-and-test projects · 67.2× more than average |
| yaml | 35.5% of start-server-and-test projects · 27.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list start-server-and-test as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install start-server-and-test |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (19), Next.js (9), Rust (2), Python (1) |
| Example projects | kklas/anchor-client-gen, commercetools/merchant-center-application-kit, helius-labs/compression-examples, LastBotInc/nextjs-supabase-ai-webapp, tomoima525/solana-sandbox |
Alternatives to start-server-and-test
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitest npm Next-generation testing framework powered by Vite with native ESM. |
1,549 (12.2%) | 123M | 17.2K | MIT |
| Playwright (JavaScript) npm Cross-browser automation library for end-to-end testing. |
1,117 (8.8%) | 74.2M | 97.4K | Apache-2.0 |
| Testing Library npm Testing utilities for React encouraging testing user behavior. |
915 (7.2%) | 68.7M | 19.7K | MIT |
| Jest npm Delightful JavaScript testing framework with minimal configuration. |
702 (5.5%) | 46.3M | 45.6K | MIT |
| jsdom npm JavaScript implementation of web standards for testing DOM interactions. |
681 (5.4%) | 112M | 21.7K | MIT |
| pytest pypi Simple, powerful Python testing framework with fixtures and plugins. |
330 (2.6%) | 196M | 14.6K | — |
| Chai npm BDD/TDD assertion library for Node.js and browsers with expressive syntax. |
305 (2.4%) | 14M | 8,265 | MIT |
| Mocha npm Feature-rich JavaScript test framework for Node.js and browsers. |
281 (2.2%) | 12.6M | 22.9K | MIT |