# @japa/runner > An API first tests runner for Node.js [![github-actions-image]][github-actions-url] [![npm-image]][npm-url] [![license-image]][license-url] [![typescript-image]][typescript-url] Japa is an API first testing framework. It focuses only on testing Node.js (backend) applications, thus resulting in a fast, small, and a simple tests runner. #### 💁 Please visit https://japa.dev for documentation

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