How to install pytest

Pytest is fixture-based testing framework for Python. Releases and documentation are produced by the project team.

About the project

Pytest is fixture-based testing framework for Python. The maintainers own the project, choose releases, and publish their own documentation. This page records a few things worth knowing before you begin.

The maintainers own the project. They choose release timing, publish announcements, and write the documentation themselves. Nothing about that process is controlled from here.

How projects are distributed

Projects of this kind are usually reached through the operating system's package index, through a language-specific registry, or by building the published source tree. Which route applies depends on the platform and on the maintainers' own guidance.

Platform requirements

It is worth checking which platforms the current release targets. Support windows differ, and the newest version is not always the one that fits an older machine.

A quick sanity check

Most surprises here come down to path ordering or to two copies being present at once. Checking which one resolves first usually explains the difference.

What this site is

Nothing is published from this domain beyond text. Projects stay where their maintainers put them.