Dextool Mutate

What Dextool Mutate is

Dextool Mutate is a free mutation-testing tool for C and C++ that checks whether tests detect artificially introduced faults. It applies conventional operators such as AOR, ROR, DCC, DCR, LCR, SDL, and UOI, and can also remove whole functions or methods. Reports are available in console, compiler warning, JSON, and HTML formats. The tool can flag useless, redundant, and near test cases. It stores run state in SQLite, allowing interrupted phases to resume and earlier results to be reused as code changes. Change-based analysis can concentrate on modified lines and produce HTML or JSON reports for a diff. Documentation describes Jenkins use and says the approach should work with any CI server; multiple instances can run in parallel. The project says it integrates without requiring changes to a build system and supports custom analyzers for embedded test output. It lists GoogleTest, CTest, and Makefile among test frameworks. Build requirements include LLVM and libclang 14 or later, CMake 3.5 or later, SQLite 3.24 or later, and a D compiler. Its source code is under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.