Mutant vs Muter
Mutant
github.comMuter
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| Figure | Mutant | Muter |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $20.83/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Mutation Testing Tools | 8.2 (#5) | 7.5 (#14) |
| Mutation operators | Mutant mutates arithmetic, logical and bitwise operators, removes statements, and modifies return values. | The documented operators are RelationalOperatorReplacement, RemoveSideEffects, ChangeLogicalConnector, and SwapTernary. |
| Purpose | Mutant is mutation testing for Ruby that systematically modifies code and verifies that tests catch each change. | Muter is a mutation testing utility for assessing the quality of Swift test suites. |
Plans
Mutant
- Open sourceFree
- Commercial monthly$30 a month
- Commercial yearly$250 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Mutant
Mutant is Ruby mutation-testing software that changes code in controlled ways to check whether tests catch the changes. It alters arithmetic, logical and bitwise operators, removes statements, and changes return values. It works with RSpec, Minitest and Test::Unit, and supports incremental runs for CI. Supported Ruby versions are 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 4.0 for runtime, syntax and mutations. Rails support is verified for versions 7.2, 8.0 and 8.1, with parallel-worker database isolation for PostgreSQL and SQLite. Mutant runs on developers’ machines or in CI, and includes parallel execution and reports of surviving mutants. It cannot generate mutations for methods defined inside closures, including methods created with module_eval, class_eval, define_method or define_singleton_method. The open-source plan is free for public repositories with the full feature set. Commercial monthly pricing is $30 a month per developer; yearly pricing is $250 a year per developer. CI use requires no additional subscriptions.
Muter
Muter is a free, open-source mutation testing utility for Swift test suites on macOS. It changes code in a complete copy of the codebase, leaving the original untouched, then reports mutation scores for the full suite and individual files. Runs can happen in Xcode, from the command line or incrementally in continuous integration. Configuration covers Xcode projects, workspaces and Swift Package Manager. Reports can be plain text, JSON, HTML or Xcode issue navigator results, including surviving mutants. Documented operators replace relational operators, remove side effects, change logical connectors and swap ternary expressions. Muter supports projects tested with xcodebuild, including iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS applications, but the utility runs only on macOS 10.15 or newer. It supports Swift, not Objective-C. Any test target or suite can be used with Swift application code, although UI tests may take a long time. The project states that it has no network access and collects no analytics.