# pytest-xdist

> pytest xdist plugin for distributed testing, most importantly across multiple CPUs

- **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/pytest-xdist
- **Author**: pypi
- **Category**: Frameworks
- **Latest version**: `3.8.0` (2026-04-21)
- **License**: Unknown
- **Source**: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist
- **Homepage**: https://pypi.org/project/pytest-xdist/
- **Language**: Python
- **GitHub**: 1,830 stars, 261 forks
- **Registry**: pypi (`pytest-xdist`)
- **Tags**: `pypi`

## Description

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pytest-xdist
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The `pytest-xdist`_ plugin extends pytest with new test execution modes, the most used being distributing
tests across multiple CPUs to speed up test execution::

    pytest -n auto

With this call, pytest will spawn a number of workers processes equal to the number of available CPUs, and distribute
the tests randomly across them.

Documentation
=============

Documentation is available at `Read The Docs <https://pytest-xdist.readthedocs.io>`__.

## Recent releases

| Version | Date | Urgency | Changes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `3.8.0` | 2026-04-21 | Low | Imported from PyPI (3.8.0) |
| `v3.8.0` | 2025-07-01 | Low | Release v3.8.0 |
| `v3.8.0` | 2025-07-01 | Low | Latest release: v3.8.0 |
| `v3.8.0` | 2025-07-01 | Low | Latest release: v3.8.0 |
| `v3.8.0` | 2025-07-01 | Low | Latest release: v3.8.0 |
| `v3.8.0` | 2025-07-01 | Low | Latest release: v3.8.0 |
| `v3.8.0` | 2025-07-01 | Low | Latest release: v3.8.0 |
| `v3.8.0` | 2025-07-01 | Low | Latest release: v3.8.0 |
| `v3.8.0` | 2025-07-01 | Low | Latest release: v3.8.0 |
| `v3.8.0` | 2025-07-01 | Low | Latest release: v3.8.0 |

## Citation

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