# @sinonjs/referee-sinon

> Sinon.JS assertions for referee

Latest version **12.0.1** (published 2026-03-20) · BSD-3-Clause license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @sinonjs/referee-sinon
pnpm add @sinonjs/referee-sinon
yarn add @sinonjs/referee-sinon
bun add @sinonjs/referee-sinon
```

## Health

**Score 45/100 (D)** — status: stable.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 12.0.1 |
| Published | 2026-03-20 |
| First published | 2018-03-03 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 4 |
| Unpacked size | 1.4 MB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 4 |
| Author | Christian Johansen |
| Maintainers | mrgnrdrck, fatso83, mantoni, cjohansen, benjamin.gruenbaum, simenb |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@sinonjs/referee-sinon
- Repository: https://github.com/sinonjs/referee-sinon
- Issues: https://github.com/sinonjs/referee-sinon/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@sinonjs/referee-sinon

## Dependencies (4)

- [util](https://npm.io/package/util.md) ^0.12.3
- [sinon](https://npm.io/package/sinon.md) ^17.0.1
- [@sinonjs/commons](https://npm.io/package/@sinonjs/commons.md) ^3.0.0
- [@sinonjs/referee](https://npm.io/package/@sinonjs/referee.md) ^11.0.0

## Recent versions

- 12.0.1 (latest) — 2026-03-20
- 12.0.0 — 2023-12-29
- 11.0.0 — 2023-01-24
- 10.1.1 — 2022-11-07
- 10.1.0 — 2021-07-27
- 10.0.0 — 2021-06-08
- 9.0.2 — 2021-04-27
- 9.0.1 — 2021-04-08
- 9.0.0 — 2021-03-30
- 8.0.1 — 2021-01-07
- 8.0.0 — 2020-11-16
- 7.3.0 — 2020-10-06
- 7.2.0 — 2020-10-01
- 7.1.0 — 2020-06-17
- 7.0.2 — 2020-02-28
- … 10 more at https://npm.io/package/@sinonjs/referee-sinon/versions

## README

# referee-sinon

[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/sinonjs/referee-sinon/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/sinonjs/referee-sinon)
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Sinon.JS and the referee assertion library in one package.

## Usage

Install:

```shell
npm install @sinonjs/referee-sinon --save-dev
```

Note that you don't need to install `@sinonjs/referee` or `sinon`.

```js
const referee = require("@sinonjs/referee-sinon");

const assert = referee.assert;
const refute = referee.refute;
const sinon = referee.sinon;
```

Or, [if you can make use][compat] of [destructuring assignments][mdn]:

```js
const { assert, refute, sinon } = require("@sinonjs/referee-sinon");
```

[compat]: http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/#test-destructuring
[mdn]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Destructuring_assignment

## Prebuilt global/AMD version

When installing from `npm`, there is a pre-built global/AMD version in the `dist/` folder.

## Documentation

https://sinonjs.github.io/referee-sinon/

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## Licence

referee-sinon was released under [BSD-3](LICENSE)

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