Testing Frameworks

Alternatives to Spearmint

Compare healthier or more active tools in the same use case using ToolVitals public evidence.

Why compare

Signals behind this alternatives page

  • Spearmint currently shows at least one risk or watch signal in ToolVitals data.
  • Multiple signals suggest declining health or reduced shipping momentum.
  • Health score: 49/100.
  • Shipping score: 0/100.
Confidence caveat: Moderate-confidence page: useful public signals are present, but some evidence sources may be missing or stale.

Switching guide

Best alternatives by need

Best overallPromptfoo

Highest organic ToolVitals fit for this use case.

Healthier optionsPromptfoo, Vitest, Doc Detective, kotest

Stronger current public-health signal than Spearmint.

Verified open/source-visiblePromptfoo, Vitest, Doc Detective, kotest

Useful when portability and inspectability matter.

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Ranked alternatives

Best-fit testing frameworks options

6 tools
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Promptfoo

Test your prompts, agents, and RAGs. Red teaming/pentesting/vulnerability scanning for AI. Compare performance of GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and more. Simple declarative configs with command line and CI/CD integration. Used by OpenAI and Anthropic.

Active
Health100
Shipping100
Score100
Confidence100
Stars23.8k
ModeSource-visible project
04

kotest

Powerful, elegant and flexible test framework for Kotlin with assertions, property testing and data driven tests.

Active
Health85
Shipping83
Score87
Confidence94
Stars4.8k
ModeLibrary / Framework