Google Test vs RSpec: What are the differences?

Developers describe Google Test as "Google Testing and Mocking Framework (By Google)". It is a unit testing library for the C++ programming language, based on the xUnit architecture. The library is released under the BSD 3-clause license. It can be compiled for a variety of POSIX and Windows platforms, allowing unit-testing of C sources as well as C++ with minimal source modification. On the other hand, RSpec is detailed as "Behaviour Driven Development for Ruby". Behaviour Driven Development for Ruby Making TDD Productive and Fun..

Google Test and RSpec can be categorized as "Testing Frameworks" tools.

Google Test and RSpec are both open source tools. It seems that Google Test with 15.9K GitHub stars and 6.26K forks on GitHub has more adoption than RSpec with 2.65K GitHub stars and 217 GitHub forks.

StackShare, MAK IT, and Atrae, inc are some of the popular companies that use RSpec, whereas Google Test is used by Medicus AI, ReaQtor, and Stan. RSpec has a broader approval, being mentioned in 237 company stacks & 164 developers stacks; compared to Google Test, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.