Comparing Unit Test Frameworks

Our goal is to help you find the right fit for your needs. If that's not our particular tools, it does neither of us any good for us to try to oversell our goods. Here's a comparison to other frameworks that seem popular. If there are any errors or omissions that are noteworthy, just let us know:

Feature	Unity	CppUTest	Google Test	CuTest	Check	MinUnit	CMockery
Language	C	C++(4)	C++	C	C	C	C
Can Mock	C(1)	C	C++	no	no	no	C
Auto Runners(2)	YES	no	YES	no	no	no	YES
Embeddable?	YES	YES	YES	YES	no(3)	YES	YES
Type-Specific Asserts?	YES	no	YES	no	no	no	no
Memory Leak Detect?	no	YES	YES	no	no	no	YES

Notes

• (1) via CMock.
• (2) frameworks without this feature require you to manually add each test to some sort of central list or function. Each time you forget, a test gets missed.
• (3) relies on posix forking, making it unsuitable for many embedded targets.
• (4) uses C++, but still intended to test C.