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ts-jest vs @golevelup/ts-jest

TestingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
ts-jestv29.4.13, 23 Sept 2026

A Jest transformer with source map support that lets you use Jest to test projects written in TypeScript

$ npm install ts-jest
@golevelup/ts-jestv3.0.0, 18 Mar 2026

Reusable utilities to help level up NestJS Testing

$ npm install @golevelup/ts-jest
Metricts-jest@golevelup/ts-jestDifference
Weekly downloads19,316,223382,494ts-jest 50.5x higher
12-month download growth+22%--
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies90ts-jest 9 more
Unpacked size321 kB19 kB@golevelup/ts-jest 16.9x smaller
Latest release29.4.13, 23 Sept 20263.0.0, 18 Mar 2026ts-jest 6 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months97ts-jest 2 more
First published31 Aug 201614 Dec 2019ts-jest 3.3 years earlier
GitHub stars7,0722,747ts-jest 2.6x higher
Open issues732ts-jest 71 more
Open pull requests99Same
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks382149ts-jest 2.6x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatCommonJSCommonJSSame
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

ts-jest19.3m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

ts-jest

Major versions
  1. 0.0.131 Aug 2016
  2. 17.0.09 Nov 2016
  3. 18.0.023 Dec 2016
  4. 19.0.021 Feb 2017
  5. 20.0.06 May 2017
  6. 21.0.05 Sept 2017
  7. 22.0.018 Dec 2017
  8. 23.0.030 Jun 2018
  9. 24.0.018 Feb 2019
  10. 25.0.023 Jan 2020
  11. 26.0.015 May 2020
  12. 27.0.025 May 2021
  13. 28.0.03 May 2022
  14. 29.0.09 Sept 2022
Last 5 releases
  1. 29.4.1323 Sept 2026
  2. 29.4.1222 Jul 2026
  3. 29.4.1121 May 2026
  4. 29.4.1019 May 2026
  5. 29.4.91 Apr 2026
185 releases in total, 9 in the last 12 months

@golevelup/ts-jest

Major versions
  1. 0.2.014 Dec 2019
  2. 1.0.019 Dec 2025
  3. 2.0.017 Mar 2026
  4. 3.0.018 Mar 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 3.0.018 Mar 2026
  2. 2.0.017 Mar 2026
  3. 1.2.12 Feb 2026
  4. 1.2.05 Jan 2026
  5. 1.1.119 Dec 2025
32 releases in total, 7 in the last 12 months
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  • Need no runtime dependencies@golevelup/ts-jest (ts-jest has 9, @golevelup/ts-jest has 0)
  • Module formatBoth CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementts-jest: ^14.15.0 || ^16.10.0 || ^18.0.0 || >=20.0.0; @golevelup/ts-jest: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasets-jest (29.4.13 on 23 Sept 2026 vs 3.0.0 on 18 Mar 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsts-jest (19.3m vs 382.5k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

ts-jest: ts-jest npm registry, ts-jest npm downloads, ts-jest GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
@golevelup/ts-jest: @golevelup/ts-jest npm registry, @golevelup/ts-jest GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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