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The cross-language distributed contract testing framework.

Pact

Pact is the de-facto API contract testing tool. Replace expensive and brittle end-to-end integration tests with fast, reliable and easy to debug unit tests.
  • ⚡ Lightning fast
  • 🎈 Effortless full-stack integration testing - from the front-end to the back-end
  • 🔌 Supports HTTP/REST and event-driven systems
  • 🛠️ Configurable mock server
  • 😌 Powerful matching rules prevents brittle tests
  • 🤝 Integrates with Pact Broker / PactFlow for powerful CI/CD workflows
  • 🔡 Supports 12+ languages

Why use Pact? Contract testing with Pact lets you:

  • ⚡ Test locally
  • 🚀 Deploy faster
  • ⬇️ Reduce the lead time for change
  • 💰 Reduce the cost of API integration testing
  • 💥 Prevent breaking changes
  • 🔎 Understand your system usage
  • 📃 Document your APIs for free
  • 🗄 Remove the need for complex data fixtures
  • 🤷‍♂️ Reduce the reliance on complex test environments

Watch our series on the problems with end-to-end integrated tests, and how contract testing can help.

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  1. roadmap roadmap Public

    Developer Relations @ Pact - Your map to the Pact landscape for all-comers (maintainers, contributors, users, newbies)

    42 7

  2. pact-specification pact-specification Public

    Describes the pact format and verification specifications

    301 29

  3. pact-reference pact-reference Public

    Reference implementations for the pact specifications

    Rust 95 48

  4. pact_broker pact_broker Public

    Enables your consumer driven contracts workflow

    Ruby 717 180

  5. pact-core-mock-server pact-core-mock-server Public

    In-process mock server for matching HTTP requests and generating responses from a pact file

    Rust 4 2

  6. pact-js pact-js Public

    JS version of Pact. Pact is a contract testing framework for HTTP APIs and non-HTTP asynchronous messaging systems.

    TypeScript 1.7k 354

Repositories

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  • pact_broker Public

    Enables your consumer driven contracts workflow

    pact-foundation/pact_broker’s past year of commit activity
    Ruby 717 MIT 180 94 (1 issue needs help) 11 Updated Apr 16, 2025
  • pact-python Public

    Python version of Pact. Enables consumer driven contract testing, providing a mock service and DSL for the consumer project, and interaction playback and verification for the service provider project.

    pact-foundation/pact-python’s past year of commit activity
    Python 603 MIT 142 41 (1 issue needs help) 5 Updated Apr 16, 2025
  • pact-php Public

    PHP version of Pact. Enables consumer driven contract testing, providing a mock service and DSL for the consumer project, and interaction playback and verification for the service provider project

    pact-foundation/pact-php’s past year of commit activity
    PHP 281 Apache-2.0 90 4 3 Updated Apr 15, 2025
  • pact-broker-chart Public

    This repository houses the Pact Broker Helm Chart

    pact-foundation/pact-broker-chart’s past year of commit activity
    Smarty 12 MIT 21 2 0 Updated Apr 15, 2025
  • pact_broker-client Public

    A Ruby and CLI client for the Pact Broker. Publish and retrieve pacts and verification results.

    pact-foundation/pact_broker-client’s past year of commit activity
    Ruby 69 MIT 48 17 (1 issue needs help) 4 Updated Apr 15, 2025
  • pact-message-ruby Public

    Create and verify consumer driven contracts for messages

    pact-foundation/pact-message-ruby’s past year of commit activity
    Ruby 9 MIT 10 8 3 Updated Apr 15, 2025
  • pact-js Public

    JS version of Pact. Pact is a contract testing framework for HTTP APIs and non-HTTP asynchronous messaging systems.

    pact-foundation/pact-js’s past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 1,675 354 96 (13 issues need help) 3 Updated Apr 15, 2025
  • pact-broker-docker Public

    Dockerized Pact Broker

    pact-foundation/pact-broker-docker’s past year of commit activity
    Shell 112 MIT 108 2 5 Updated Apr 15, 2025
  • roadmap Public

    Developer Relations @ Pact - Your map to the Pact landscape for all-comers (maintainers, contributors, users, newbies)

    pact-foundation/roadmap’s past year of commit activity
    42 MIT 7 65 2 Updated Apr 15, 2025
  • pact-ruby-cli Public

    Amalgamated Pact Ruby CLI

    pact-foundation/pact-ruby-cli’s past year of commit activity
    Shell 13 MIT 13 4 6 Updated Apr 14, 2025