solidity-mutate 0.1.0

Mutation testing framework for Solidity contracts

solidity-mutate

Mutation testing framework for Solidity contracts.

Version: v0.1.0

Install

If you are using the published package from PyPI:

pip install solidity-mutate==0.1.0

If you want to work on the repository locally:

git clone <repo-url>
cd solidity-mutate
pip install -e .

Run

Run the tool from the repo root against the bundled Foundry example:

solidity-mutate examples/test_contract --safe

You can also run it as a module:

python3 -m solidity_mutate examples/test_contract --safe

To inspect the available mutators:

solidity-mutate --list-mutators

CLI Arguments

• target
  • Path to the Solidity project root.
  • Default: ..
• --file
  • Mutate only one Solidity file relative to the project root.
  • Example: contracts/token.sol
• --test-cmd
  • Command used to run tests for each mutant.
  • Default: forge test
• --mutators
  • Comma-separated mutators to run.
  • Default: all
• --timeout
  • Timeout in seconds for each test command run.
  • Default: 30
• --safe
  • Run a preflight test before mutation and a postflight test after mutation.
• -v
  • Increase verbosity.
  • Use -v for summaries and -vv for full mutant logs.
• --list-mutators
  • Print the available mutators and exit.

Repository Layout

• src/solidity_mutate/: installable Python package
• examples/test_contract/: Foundry sample project used by the mutator
• pyproject.toml: package metadata and console script entrypoint

Sample Project

Run the bundled Foundry example directly:

cd examples/test_contract
forge test