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sinon

Test spies, stubs and mocks for JavaScript.

9.8k stars811 forksJavaScriptNOASSERTION

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Actively asking for help

13 "help wanted" and 3 "good first issue" issue(s) are currently open

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Last analysed 23/10/2026Analysis v4

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fatso83 accounts for approximately 67% of commits in the last 12 months among tracked contributors.

fatso83
42 commits / 12mo
mroderick
10 commits / 12mo
ampagent
4 commits / 12mo

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Active maintainers: 7; last 12 months
Open issues: 41
Open PRs: 29
Median PR age: 42; days open

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Last analysed 23 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC

Status recorded: Actively asking for help
23 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Verified classification. 13 "help wanted" and 3 "good first issue" issue(s) are currently open
Status recorded: Actively asking for help
20 Oct 2026, 18:00 UTC
Verified classification. 13 "help wanted" and 3 "good first issue" issue(s) are currently open
Status recorded: Actively asking for help
18 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC
Verified classification. 13 "help wanted" and 3 "good first issue" issue(s) are currently open
Status recorded: Actively asking for help
16 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC
Verified classification. 13 "help wanted" and 3 "good first issue" issue(s) are currently open
Status recorded: Actively asking for help
14 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Verified classification. 13 "help wanted" and 3 "good first issue" issue(s) are currently open

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Use knip instead of unimported
Help wantedgood first issue
#2637
Document how to do simple dependency injection
DocumentationHelp wantedpinnedgood first issue
#1458
Document how we can control Promises
DocumentationHelp wantedpinnedgood first issue
#1898
Create an article on how ES2015 classes relate to stubbing/spying
DocumentationHelp wantedpinnedES2015+
#1121
Spy's thisValue not pointing to instance when spying constructor
BugDifficulty: MediumHelp wantedRegression
#1683
sinon not throwing the error that been thrown when the error is undefined and also fail to assert
Difficulty: EasyHelp wantedwontfix
#2471
sandbox.restore() does not work on static members of a function or class
BugDifficulty: MediumHelp wantedwontfix
#2384
Simplify/make props definition consistent
ImprovementDifficulty: MediumHelp wantedpinned
#2238
Document how to stub out the network layer
DocumentationHelp wantedpinnedhacktoberfest
#1459
Add breaking changes to GitHub release notes
Help wantedpinnedhacktoberfest
#2268
Prevent matcher failures from printing large deeply nested objects
ImprovementHelp wantedpinned
#2306
"API Specification" Style Documentation
DocumentationHelp wantedNeeds investigationpinned
#2003

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10 signals

13 "help wanted" issue(s)

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13 open issue(s) have "help wanted" or equivalent labels.

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3 "good first issue" issue(s)

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3 open issue(s) have "good first issue" or equivalent beginner-friendly labels.

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Median open issue age is 2192 days

Medium confidence

Calculated signal contributing to the capacity pressure score (+10).

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Recent pull requests are closing substantially slower than they are opening

Medium confidence

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3 open "good first issue" issue(s)

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CONTRIBUTING guide exists

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README includes setup/installation instructions

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Repository has issue templates

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Recent pull requests are typically closed within two weeks

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Repository has recent commit activity

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3 commits / 12mo

2 commits / 12mo

eduardocruzpalacios

1 commits / 12mo

1 commits / 12mo

genetique-techno

0 commits / 12moInactive

0 commits / 12moInactive

0 commits / 12moInactive

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