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The cross-language distributed contract testing framework.
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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)

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  2. pact-specification pact-specification Public

    Describes the pact format and verification specifications

    316 30

  3. pact-reference pact-reference Public

    Reference implementations for the pact specifications

    Rust 105 53

  4. pact_broker pact_broker Public

    Enables your consumer driven contracts workflow

    Ruby 744 191

  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 10 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 1.8k 356

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  • pact-js Public

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

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    TypeScript 1,815 356 90 (9 issues need help) 10 Updated Sep 14, 2026
  • pact-cli Public

    🔗 Pact in a single binary - Mock/Stub Server, Provider Verifier, Broker Client & Plugin CLI

    pact-foundation/pact-cli's past year of commit activity
    Rust 2 MIT 1 3 7 Updated Sep 14, 2026
  • pact-js-cli Public

    The Broker CLI for Pact, but available to your node scripts

    pact-foundation/pact-js-cli's past year of commit activity
    Shell 3 MIT 2 1 5 Updated Sep 14, 2026
  • pact-go Public

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

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    Go 955 MIT 111 29 (1 issue needs help) 34 Updated Sep 14, 2026
  • docs.pact.io Public

    Pact documentation website

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    HTML 17 105 18 (2 issues need help) 14 Updated Sep 14, 2026
  • pact-ruby Public

    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.

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    Ruby 2,191 MIT 218 2 (7 issues need help) 2 Updated Sep 14, 2026
  • pact-ruby-ffi Public
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    Ruby 4 MIT 2 2 1 Updated Sep 14, 2026
  • pact-broker-cli Public

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

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    Rust 3 MIT 1 5 10 Updated Sep 14, 2026
  • pact-standalone Public

    Standalone Amalgamated Pact CLI - Broker Client / Mock Server / Provider Verifier / Stub Server / Plugin

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    Shell 46 MIT 36 2 (2 issues need help) 6 Updated Sep 14, 2026
  • pact-reference Public

    Reference implementations for the pact specifications

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    Rust 105 MIT 53 46 (2 issues need help) 3 Updated Sep 14, 2026
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