vitest vs jest
Testing · npm download comparison · data as of 17 October 2026
vitest is downloaded about 2.7× as often as jest — 125,253,587 versus 46,829,919 downloads in the last 7 days.
Over the last 90 days, vitest downloads changed +55.9% and jest +6.5% compared with the 90 days before, so vitest is growing faster.
● vitest● jestweekly downloads, last 12 months
Log scale — each grid line is 10× the one below, so both packages stay readable.
| vitest | jest | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 125,253,587 | 46,829,919 |
| Monthly downloads | 516,356,260 | 214,015,882 |
| Downloads, last 12 months | 2,785,154,439 | 2,096,777,130 |
| 90-day growth | +55.9% | +6.5% |
| Latest version | 5.0.5 | 30.5.2 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Direct dependencies | 13 | 4 |
| Description | Next generation testing framework powered by Vite | Delightful JavaScript Testing. |
Download counts come from the public npm registry API and include CI and mirror traffic, so treat them as a popularity signal, not a user count.