root
- CLI:
-r, --root <path>
- Config: root
Root path
config
- CLI:
-c, --config <path>
Path to config file
update
- CLI:
-u, --update
- Config: update
Update snapshot
watch
- CLI:
-w, --watch
- Config: watch
Enable watch mode
testNamePattern
- CLI:
-t, --testNamePattern <pattern>
- Config: testNamePattern
Run tests with full names matching the specified regexp pattern
dir
- CLI:
--dir <path>
- Config: dir
Base directory to scan for the test files
ui
- CLI:
--ui
- Config: ui
Enable UI
open
- CLI:
--open
- Config: open
Open UI automatically (default: !process.env.CI
)
api.port
- CLI:
--api.port [port]
Specify server port. Note if the port is already being used, Vite will automatically try the next available port so this may not be the actual port the server ends up listening on. If true will be set to 51204
api.host
- CLI:
--api.host [host]
Specify which IP addresses the server should listen on. Set this to 0.0.0.0
or true
to listen on all addresses, including LAN and public addresses
api.strictPort
- CLI:
--api.strictPort
Set to true to exit if port is already in use, instead of automatically trying the next available port
silent
- CLI:
--silent
- Config: silent
Silent console output from tests
hideSkippedTests
- CLI:
--hideSkippedTests
Hide logs for skipped tests
reporters
- CLI:
--reporter <name>
- Config: reporters
Specify reporters
outputFile
- CLI:
--outputFile <filename/-s>
- Config: outputFile
Write test results to a file when supporter reporter is also specified, use cac's dot notation for individual outputs of multiple reporters (example: --outputFile.tap=./tap.txt
)
coverage.all
- CLI:
--coverage.all
- Config: coverage.all
Whether to include all files, including the untested ones into report
coverage.provider
- CLI:
--coverage.provider <name>
- Config: coverage.provider
Select the tool for coverage collection, available values are: "v8", "istanbul" and "custom"
coverage.enabled
- CLI:
--coverage.enabled
- Config: coverage.enabled
Enables coverage collection. Can be overridden using the --coverage
CLI option (default: false
)
coverage.include
- CLI:
--coverage.include <pattern>
- Config: coverage.include
Files included in coverage as glob patterns. May be specified more than once when using multiple patterns (default: **
)
coverage.exclude
- CLI:
--coverage.exclude <pattern>
- Config: coverage.exclude
Files to be excluded in coverage. May be specified more than once when using multiple extensions (default: Visit coverage.exclude
)
coverage.extension
- CLI:
--coverage.extension <extension>
- Config: coverage.extension
Extension to be included in coverage. May be specified more than once when using multiple extensions (default: [".js", ".cjs", ".mjs", ".ts", ".mts", ".tsx", ".jsx", ".vue", ".svelte"]
)
coverage.clean
- CLI:
--coverage.clean
- Config: coverage.clean
Clean coverage results before running tests (default: true)
coverage.cleanOnRerun
- CLI:
--coverage.cleanOnRerun
- Config: coverage.cleanOnRerun
Clean coverage report on watch rerun (default: true)
coverage.reportsDirectory
- CLI:
--coverage.reportsDirectory <path>
- Config: coverage.reportsDirectory
Directory to write coverage report to (default: ./coverage)
coverage.reporter
- CLI:
--coverage.reporter <name>
- Config: coverage.reporter
Coverage reporters to use. Visit coverage.reporter
for more information (default: ["text", "html", "clover", "json"]
)
coverage.reportOnFailure
- CLI:
--coverage.reportOnFailure
- Config: coverage.reportOnFailure
Generate coverage report even when tests fail (default: false
)
coverage.allowExternal
- CLI:
--coverage.allowExternal
- Config: coverage.allowExternal
Collect coverage of files outside the project root (default: false
)
coverage.skipFull
- CLI:
--coverage.skipFull
- Config: coverage.skipFull
Do not show files with 100% statement, branch, and function coverage (default: false
)
coverage.thresholds.100
- CLI:
--coverage.thresholds.100
- Config: coverage.thresholds.100
Shortcut to set all coverage thresholds to 100 (default: false
)
coverage.thresholds.perFile
- CLI:
--coverage.thresholds.perFile
- Config: coverage.thresholds.perFile
Check thresholds per file. See --coverage.thresholds.lines
, --coverage.thresholds.functions
, --coverage.thresholds.branches
and --coverage.thresholds.statements
for the actual thresholds (default: false
)
coverage.thresholds.autoUpdate
- CLI:
--coverage.thresholds.autoUpdate
- Config: coverage.thresholds.autoUpdate
Update threshold values: "lines", "functions", "branches" and "statements" to configuration file when current coverage is above the configured thresholds (default: false
)
coverage.thresholds.lines
- CLI:
--coverage.thresholds.lines <number>
Threshold for lines. Visit istanbuljs for more information. This option is not available for custom providers
coverage.thresholds.functions
- CLI:
--coverage.thresholds.functions <number>
Threshold for functions. Visit istanbuljs for more information. This option is not available for custom providers
coverage.thresholds.branches
- CLI:
--coverage.thresholds.branches <number>
Threshold for branches. Visit istanbuljs for more information. This option is not available for custom providers
coverage.thresholds.statements
- CLI:
--coverage.thresholds.statements <number>
Threshold for statements. Visit istanbuljs for more information. This option is not available for custom providers
coverage.ignoreClassMethods
- CLI:
--coverage.ignoreClassMethods <name>
- Config: coverage.ignoreClassMethods
Array of class method names to ignore for coverage. Visit istanbuljs for more information. This option is only available for the istanbul providers (default: []
)
coverage.processingConcurrency
- CLI:
--coverage.processingConcurrency <number>
- Config: coverage.processingConcurrency
Concurrency limit used when processing the coverage results. (default min between 20 and the number of CPUs)
coverage.customProviderModule
- CLI:
--coverage.customProviderModule <path>
- Config: coverage.customProviderModule
Specifies the module name or path for the custom coverage provider module. Visit Custom Coverage Provider for more information. This option is only available for custom providers
coverage.watermarks.statements
- CLI:
--coverage.watermarks.statements <watermarks>
High and low watermarks for statements in the format of <high>,<low>
coverage.watermarks.lines
- CLI:
--coverage.watermarks.lines <watermarks>
High and low watermarks for lines in the format of <high>,<low>
coverage.watermarks.branches
- CLI:
--coverage.watermarks.branches <watermarks>
High and low watermarks for branches in the format of <high>,<low>
coverage.watermarks.functions
- CLI:
--coverage.watermarks.functions <watermarks>
High and low watermarks for functions in the format of <high>,<low>
mode
- CLI:
--mode <name>
- Config: mode
Override Vite mode (default: test
or benchmark
)
workspace
- CLI:
--workspace <path>
- Config: workspace
Path to a workspace configuration file
isolate
- CLI:
--isolate
- Config: isolate
Run every test file in isolation. To disable isolation, use --no-isolate
(default: true
)
globals
- CLI:
--globals
- Config: globals
Inject apis globally
dom
- CLI:
--dom
Mock browser API with happy-dom
browser.enabled
- CLI:
--browser.enabled
- Config: browser.enabled
Run tests in the browser. Equivalent to --browser.enabled
(default: false
)
browser.name
- CLI:
--browser.name <name>
- Config: browser.name
Run all tests in a specific browser. Some browsers are only available for specific providers (see --browser.provider
). Visit browser.name
for more information
browser.headless
- CLI:
--browser.headless
- Config: browser.headless
Run the browser in headless mode (i.e. without opening the GUI (Graphical User Interface)). If you are running Vitest in CI, it will be enabled by default (default: process.env.CI
)
browser.api.port
- CLI:
--browser.api.port [port]
- Config: browser.api.port
Specify server port. Note if the port is already being used, Vite will automatically try the next available port so this may not be the actual port the server ends up listening on. If true will be set to 63315
browser.api.host
- CLI:
--browser.api.host [host]
- Config: browser.api.host
Specify which IP addresses the server should listen on. Set this to 0.0.0.0
or true
to listen on all addresses, including LAN and public addresses
browser.api.strictPort
- CLI:
--browser.api.strictPort
- Config: browser.api.strictPort
Set to true to exit if port is already in use, instead of automatically trying the next available port
browser.provider
- CLI:
--browser.provider <name>
- Config: browser.provider
Provider used to run browser tests. Some browsers are only available for specific providers. Can be "webdriverio", "playwright", "preview", or the path to a custom provider. Visit browser.provider
for more information (default: "preview"
)
browser.providerOptions
- CLI:
--browser.providerOptions <options>
- Config: browser.providerOptions
Options that are passed down to a browser provider. Visit browser.providerOptions
for more information
browser.isolate
- CLI:
--browser.isolate
- Config: browser.isolate
Run every browser test file in isolation. To disable isolation, use --browser.isolate=false
(default: true
)
browser.ui
- CLI:
--browser.ui
- Config: browser.ui
Show Vitest UI when running tests (default: !process.env.CI
)
browser.fileParallelism
- CLI:
--browser.fileParallelism
- Config: browser.fileParallelism
Should browser test files run in parallel. Use --browser.fileParallelism=false
to disable (default: true
)
pool
- CLI:
--pool <pool>
- Config: pool
Specify pool, if not running in the browser (default: threads
)
poolOptions.threads.isolate
- CLI:
--poolOptions.threads.isolate
- Config: poolOptions.threads.isolate
Isolate tests in threads pool (default: true
)
poolOptions.threads.singleThread
- CLI:
--poolOptions.threads.singleThread
- Config: poolOptions.threads.singleThread
Run tests inside a single thread (default: false
)
poolOptions.threads.maxThreads
- CLI:
--poolOptions.threads.maxThreads <workers>
- Config: poolOptions.threads.maxThreads
Maximum number or percentage of threads to run tests in
poolOptions.threads.minThreads
- CLI:
--poolOptions.threads.minThreads <workers>
- Config: poolOptions.threads.minThreads
Minimum number or percentage of threads to run tests in
poolOptions.threads.useAtomics
- CLI:
--poolOptions.threads.useAtomics
- Config: poolOptions.threads.useAtomics
Use Atomics to synchronize threads. This can improve performance in some cases, but might cause segfault in older Node versions (default: false
)
poolOptions.vmThreads.isolate
- CLI:
--poolOptions.vmThreads.isolate
- Config: poolOptions.vmThreads.isolate
Isolate tests in threads pool (default: true
)
poolOptions.vmThreads.singleThread
- CLI:
--poolOptions.vmThreads.singleThread
- Config: poolOptions.vmThreads.singleThread
Run tests inside a single thread (default: false
)
poolOptions.vmThreads.maxThreads
- CLI:
--poolOptions.vmThreads.maxThreads <workers>
- Config: poolOptions.vmThreads.maxThreads
Maximum number or percentage of threads to run tests in
poolOptions.vmThreads.minThreads
- CLI:
--poolOptions.vmThreads.minThreads <workers>
- Config: poolOptions.vmThreads.minThreads
Minimum number or percentage of threads to run tests in
poolOptions.vmThreads.useAtomics
- CLI:
--poolOptions.vmThreads.useAtomics
- Config: poolOptions.vmThreads.useAtomics
Use Atomics to synchronize threads. This can improve performance in some cases, but might cause segfault in older Node versions (default: false
)
poolOptions.vmThreads.memoryLimit
- CLI:
--poolOptions.vmThreads.memoryLimit <limit>
- Config: poolOptions.vmThreads.memoryLimit
Memory limit for VM threads pool. If you see memory leaks, try to tinker this value.
poolOptions.forks.isolate
- CLI:
--poolOptions.forks.isolate
- Config: poolOptions.forks.isolate
Isolate tests in forks pool (default: true
)
poolOptions.forks.singleFork
- CLI:
--poolOptions.forks.singleFork
- Config: poolOptions.forks.singleFork
Run tests inside a single child_process (default: false
)
poolOptions.forks.maxForks
- CLI:
--poolOptions.forks.maxForks <workers>
- Config: poolOptions.forks.maxForks
Maximum number or percentage of processes to run tests in
poolOptions.forks.minForks
- CLI:
--poolOptions.forks.minForks <workers>
- Config: poolOptions.forks.minForks
Minimum number or percentage of processes to run tests in
poolOptions.vmForks.isolate
- CLI:
--poolOptions.vmForks.isolate
- Config: poolOptions.vmForks.isolate
Isolate tests in forks pool (default: true
)
poolOptions.vmForks.singleFork
- CLI:
--poolOptions.vmForks.singleFork
- Config: poolOptions.vmForks.singleFork
Run tests inside a single child_process (default: false
)
poolOptions.vmForks.maxForks
- CLI:
--poolOptions.vmForks.maxForks <workers>
- Config: poolOptions.vmForks.maxForks
Maximum number or percentage of processes to run tests in
poolOptions.vmForks.minForks
- CLI:
--poolOptions.vmForks.minForks <workers>
- Config: poolOptions.vmForks.minForks
Minimum number or percentage of processes to run tests in
poolOptions.vmForks.memoryLimit
- CLI:
--poolOptions.vmForks.memoryLimit <limit>
- Config: poolOptions.vmForks.memoryLimit
Memory limit for VM forks pool. If you see memory leaks, try to tinker this value.
fileParallelism
- CLI:
--fileParallelism
- Config: fileParallelism
Should all test files run in parallel. Use --no-file-parallelism
to disable (default: true
)
maxWorkers
- CLI:
--maxWorkers <workers>
- Config: maxWorkers
Maximum number or percentage of workers to run tests in
minWorkers
- CLI:
--minWorkers <workers>
- Config: minWorkers
Minimum number or percentage of workers to run tests in
environment
- CLI:
--environment <name>
- Config: environment
Specify runner environment, if not running in the browser (default: node
)
passWithNoTests
- CLI:
--passWithNoTests
- Config: passWithNoTests
Pass when no tests are found
logHeapUsage
- CLI:
--logHeapUsage
- Config: logHeapUsage
Show the size of heap for each test when running in node
allowOnly
- CLI:
--allowOnly
- Config: allowOnly
Allow tests and suites that are marked as only (default: !process.env.CI
)
dangerouslyIgnoreUnhandledErrors
- CLI:
--dangerouslyIgnoreUnhandledErrors
- Config: dangerouslyIgnoreUnhandledErrors
Ignore any unhandled errors that occur
sequence.shuffle.files
- CLI:
--sequence.shuffle.files
- Config: sequence.shuffle.files
Run files in a random order. Long running tests will not start earlier if you enable this option. (default: false
)
sequence.shuffle.tests
- CLI:
--sequence.shuffle.tests
- Config: sequence.shuffle.tests
Run tests in a random order (default: false
)
sequence.concurrent
- CLI:
--sequence.concurrent
- Config: sequence.concurrent
Make tests run in parallel (default: false
)
sequence.seed
- CLI:
--sequence.seed <seed>
- Config: sequence.seed
Set the randomization seed. This option will have no effect if --sequence.shuffle
is falsy. Visit "Random Seed" page for more information
sequence.hooks
- CLI:
--sequence.hooks <order>
- Config: sequence.hooks
Changes the order in which hooks are executed. Accepted values are: "stack", "list" and "parallel". Visit sequence.hooks
for more information (default: "parallel"
)
sequence.setupFiles
- CLI:
--sequence.setupFiles <order>
- Config: sequence.setupFiles
Changes the order in which setup files are executed. Accepted values are: "list" and "parallel". If set to "list", will run setup files in the order they are defined. If set to "parallel", will run setup files in parallel (default: "parallel"
)
inspect
- CLI:
--inspect [[host:]port]
- Config: inspect
Enable Node.js inspector (default: 127.0.0.1:9229
)
inspectBrk
- CLI:
--inspectBrk [[host:]port]
- Config: inspectBrk
Enable Node.js inspector and break before the test starts
testTimeout
- CLI:
--testTimeout <timeout>
- Config: testTimeout
Default timeout of a test in milliseconds (default: 5000
)
hookTimeout
- CLI:
--hookTimeout <timeout>
- Config: hookTimeout
Default hook timeout in milliseconds (default: 10000
)
bail
- CLI:
--bail <number>
- Config: bail
Stop test execution when given number of tests have failed (default: 0
)
retry
- CLI:
--retry <times>
- Config: retry
Retry the test specific number of times if it fails (default: 0
)
diff
- CLI:
--diff <path>
- Config: diff
Path to a diff config that will be used to generate diff interface
exclude
- CLI:
--exclude <glob>
- Config: exclude
Additional file globs to be excluded from test
expandSnapshotDiff
- CLI:
--expandSnapshotDiff
- Config: expandSnapshotDiff
Show full diff when snapshot fails
disableConsoleIntercept
- CLI:
--disableConsoleIntercept
- Config: disableConsoleIntercept
Disable automatic interception of console logging (default: false
)
typecheck.enabled
- CLI:
--typecheck.enabled
- Config: typecheck.enabled
Enable typechecking alongside tests (default: false
)
typecheck.only
- CLI:
--typecheck.only
- Config: typecheck.only
Run only typecheck tests. This automatically enables typecheck (default: false
)
typecheck.checker
- CLI:
--typecheck.checker <name>
- Config: typecheck.checker
Specify the typechecker to use. Available values are: "tsc" and "vue-tsc" and a path to an executable (default: "tsc"
)
typecheck.allowJs
- CLI:
--typecheck.allowJs
- Config: typecheck.allowJs
Allow JavaScript files to be typechecked. By default takes the value from tsconfig.json
typecheck.ignoreSourceErrors
- CLI:
--typecheck.ignoreSourceErrors
- Config: typecheck.ignoreSourceErrors
Ignore type errors from source files
typecheck.tsconfig
- CLI:
--typecheck.tsconfig <path>
- Config: typecheck.tsconfig
Path to a custom tsconfig file
project
- CLI:
--project <name>
- Config: project
The name of the project to run if you are using Vitest workspace feature. This can be repeated for multiple projects: --project=1 --project=2
. You can also filter projects using wildcards like --project=packages*
slowTestThreshold
- CLI:
--slowTestThreshold <threshold>
- Config: slowTestThreshold
Threshold in milliseconds for a test or suite to be considered slow (default: 300
)
teardownTimeout
- CLI:
--teardownTimeout <timeout>
- Config: teardownTimeout
Default timeout of a teardown function in milliseconds (default: 10000
)
maxConcurrency
- CLI:
--maxConcurrency <number>
- Config: maxConcurrency
Maximum number of concurrent tests in a suite (default: 5
)
expect.requireAssertions
- CLI:
--expect.requireAssertions
- Config: expect.requireAssertions
Require that all tests have at least one assertion
expect.poll.interval
- CLI:
--expect.poll.interval <interval>
- Config: expect.poll.interval
Poll interval in milliseconds for expect.poll()
assertions (default: 50
)
expect.poll.timeout
- CLI:
--expect.poll.timeout <timeout>
- Config: expect.poll.timeout
Poll timeout in milliseconds for expect.poll()
assertions (default: 1000
)
printConsoleTrace
- CLI:
--printConsoleTrace
- Config: printConsoleTrace
Always print console stack traces
run
- CLI:
--run
Disable watch mode
color
- CLI:
--no-color
Removes colors from the console output
clearScreen
- CLI:
--clearScreen
Clear terminal screen when re-running tests during watch mode (default: true
)
standalone
- CLI:
--standalone
Start Vitest without running tests. File filters will be ignored, tests will be running only on change (default: false
)