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Libraries to write tests in C, C++ and shell

Is freebsd/atf beginner-friendly?

We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to freebsd/atf to say how often they are merged. 2 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

Stars
148
Forks
56
Open beginner issues
2
Indexed issues
27
Avg merge
24m
Merged PRs (30d)
6
Dominant language
C
License
No license data
Last GitHub push
Sep 25, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 20, 2026
No contributing guide
No code of conduct
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How to contribute to freebsd/atf

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Pick one of the 2 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.
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  • atf_c(3) does not fully document atf_tc_has_config_var
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 78/100

    freebsd/atf#204 · 1 reaction ·

  • atf-check append mode
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 70/100

    freebsd/atf#196 · 1 comment ·

  • Investigate replacing C/C++ libraries/bindings with lua
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    freebsd/atf#195 · 2 comments ·

  • Run root/unprivileged user and root/privileged user permutations
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 56/100

    freebsd/atf#194 ·

  • Add runtime code coverage FreeBSD GHA job
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    freebsd/atf#183 ·

  • Add runtime code coverage Linux GHA job
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    freebsd/atf#182 ·

  • Add runtime code coverage macOS GHA job
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    freebsd/atf#181 ·

  • Add ASAN/LSAN macOS GHA job
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    freebsd/atf#172 ·

  • Add ASAN/LSAN Linux GHA job
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    freebsd/atf#171 ·

  • Add ASAN/LSAN/UBSAN support
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    freebsd/atf#167 ·

  • Add runtime code coverage support
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    freebsd/atf#166 ·

  • Figure out how GHA runner container passes with unsigned binaries
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    freebsd/atf#148 · 1 comment ·

  • Resolve core dump functionality on macOS "properly"
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    freebsd/atf#144 ·

  • Add `--verbose` flag to `atf-check`
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    freebsd/atf#104 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

  • Rename "master" to "main"
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?

    freebsd/atf#94 · 1 reaction · 2 assignees ·

  • Automake is hindering implementing new features
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    freebsd/atf#83 · 2 comments ·

  • After upgrade to 0.22: Testing AddressSanitizer instrumented code is bothersome atf-c itself is leaking memory.
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    freebsd/atf#77 · 11 comments ·

  • atf_utils_fork: no way to wait for a process that exits on a signal
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    freebsd/atf#42 · 1 comment ·

  • Make README.md more accessible to beginners
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    freebsd/atf#37 · 1 comment ·

  • Add option to dump core with gdb after a program signals unexpectedly
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    freebsd/atf#27 · 1 comment ·

  • allow atf to be used in a C-only environment
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    freebsd/atf#25 · 4 comments ·

  • atf-c-api cannot expect both failure and timeout
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    freebsd/atf#20 · 4 comments ·

  • Add ATF_CHECK* versions to atf-c++ to support non-fatal tests
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    freebsd/atf#3 ·

  • Add build-time checks to atf-sh
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

    freebsd/atf#2 ·

  • ATF macros should not reevaluate arguments
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    freebsd/atf#1 · 1 comment ·

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