Testcontainers for Node.js
Starts throwaway Docker containers (databases, browsers) for integration tests.
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How Testcontainers for Node.js is used
Testcontainers for Node.js joined the catalog on its public numbers (4,481,121 downloads a week on npm and 2,629 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 14 public GitHub projects of our scan, 10 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use pg (42.9%), Vitest (57.1%), TypeScript (92.9%).
Testcontainers for Node.js popularity over time
Gid Score 50: downloads 78, use in agent projects 22, GitHub stars 28, downloads trend 66 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Testcontainers for Node.js
| pg | 42.9% of Testcontainers for Node.js projects · 9.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vitest | 57.1% of Testcontainers for Node.js projects · 2.8× more than average |
| TypeScript | 92.9% of Testcontainers for Node.js projects · 1.7× more than average |
| Biome | 35.7% of Testcontainers for Node.js projects · 6.3× more than average |
| Drizzle ORM | 35.7% of Testcontainers for Node.js projects · 8.8× more than average |
| Knip | 35.7% of Testcontainers for Node.js projects · 15.5× more than average |
| tsx | 42.9% of Testcontainers for Node.js projects · 2.8× more than average |
| AWS SDK for JavaScript (S3) | 28.6% of Testcontainers for Node.js projects · 9.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Testcontainers for Node.js as a dependency.
How Testcontainers for Node.js is funded
Open Collective: Testcontainers
| Received, last 12 months | $16,577 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $18,610 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $12,060 |
| Raised since the start | $72,272 · $60,212 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $982 · $821 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | +95% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 7 |
Top company backers all time, 6 companies in total
| Shipfox | $1,100 since Jul 2025 |
|---|---|
| N-iX Ltd | $1,100 since Dec 2025 |
| St. Galler Kantonalbank AG | $350 since Dec 2023 |
| Depot | $100 since Feb 2026 |
| SnapFollowers | $1 since Jun 2026 |
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month, last five years. First money received in Aug 2020. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
Open Collective lists this collective for the testcontainers organization on GitHub, so the money is for all of its projects, not Testcontainers for Node.js alone.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
GitHub Sponsors
| @cristianrgreco | 0 current sponsors |
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GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay. Sponsors of a person back all of their work.
Ways to fund Testcontainers for Node.js
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install testcontainers |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (12), Rust (1), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | EtienneLescot/yagr, beeman/testcontainers, vulnex/vaso |
Alternatives to Testcontainers for Node.js
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Testing does the same job as Testcontainers for Node.js: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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