# NUnit

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nunit/  
**Website:** https://nunit.org  
**APIs profiled:** 4

NUnit is a unit-testing framework for all .NET languages. Initially ported from JUnit, the current production release has been completely rewritten with many new features and support for a wide range of .NET platforms. NUnit is a software testing framework, not a remote HTTP API service.

## Kin Score — 13.9 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 13.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 2.5 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (4)

- **NUnit Framework API** — The core NUnit testing framework programming API for writing and executing unit tests in .NET applications. Provides assertions, attributes, and lifecycle hooks consumed via the...
- **NUnit Console Runner** — Console runner for executing NUnit tests from the command line, enabling automation in build pipelines and CI/CD systems.
- **NUnit3 Test Adapter** — Test adapter for running NUnit tests in Visual Studio, dotnet test, and other VSTest-compatible test runners.
- **NUnit Analyzers** — Roslyn-based analyzers for NUnit that detect common test authoring mistakes and suggest fixes at compile time.

## Security (1)

- **Nunit Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Plans (1)

- **Nunit Plans Pricing**

## Tags

.NET, C#, Framework, Open-Source, TDD, Testing, Unit Testing

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/nunit/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.