Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!
Assertj vs JUnit: What are the differences?
What is Assertj? Fluent assertions for java. It provides a rich and intuitive set of strongly-typed assertions to use for unit testing (with JUnit, TestNG or any other test framework).
What is JUnit? A programmer-oriented testing framework for Java. JUnit is a simple framework to write repeatable tests. It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks.
Assertj belongs to "Java Tools" category of the tech stack, while JUnit can be primarily classified under "Testing Frameworks".
Assertj and JUnit are both open source tools. It seems that JUnit with 8.11K GitHub stars and 3.08K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Assertj with 1.94K GitHub stars and 478 GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, JUnit has a broader approval, being mentioned in 181 company stacks & 546 developers stacks; compared to Assertj, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.