Compatibilities

General requirements and compatibility

The list of supported .NET Framework and Visual Studio versions as well as system requirements are available on the product website.

Supported languages

dotCover can analyze test coverage in C#, F#, and VB.NET.

Supported unit testing frameworks

NUnit — dotCover installation includes 2 bundled test runners that support versions up to 2.6.4 and up to 3.11.1 correspondingly.
MSTest for all supported Visual Studio versions
xUnit
Custom test frameworks that use Visual Studio test adapter extensibility.
To enable VSTest adapters support, select the corresponding checkbox on the Tools | Unit Testing | Test Frameworks | VSTest page of dotCover options ( Alt+R, O ).
bUnit - a testing library for Blazor components
Machine.Specifications (requires an extension).

Supported CPU architectures

CPU	Standalone, Visual Studio	Command-line tool	dotCover in JetBrains Rider
x86, x64	Windows: x86 and x64 See details	Windows: x86 and x64 Linux (glibc and musl-based): x64 only macOS: x64	Windows, Linux, macOS: x64 only
ARM	Not supported	Windows: arm64 only Linux (musl-based): arm64 only Linux (glibc-based): arm32 and arm64. GLIBC_2.23 or later macOS: arm64 (Apple Silicon). macOS 12 Monterey and later: .NET 6.0–7.0 only	Windows, Linux, macOS: arm64 only

CPU

Standalone, Visual Studio

Command-line tool

dotCover in JetBrains Rider

x86, x64

Windows: x86 and x64

See details

Windows: x86 and x64
Linux (glibc and musl-based): x64 only
macOS: x64

Windows, Linux, macOS: x64 only

ARM

Not supported

Windows: arm64 only
Linux (musl-based): arm64 only
Linux (glibc-based): arm32 and arm64. GLIBC_2.23 or later
macOS: arm64 (Apple Silicon). macOS 12 Monterey and later: .NET 6.0–7.0 only

Windows, Linux, macOS: arm64 only

Supported operating systems and frameworks on x86 and x64 CPUs

	Windows	macOS \| Linux
.NET Framework 1.0 – 4.8	Available in: JetBrains Rider, Visual Studio, standalone, console tool
.NET Core 2.0 – 3.1 .NET 5 – 7	Available in: JetBrains Rider, Visual Studio, standalone, console tool	Available in: JetBrains Rider, console tool
Mono 5.10 and later	Available in: JetBrains Rider, console tool	Available in: JetBrains Rider, console tool Notes: Only x64 CPUs are supported
Unity 2018.3 and later	Available in: JetBrains Rider, console tool	Available in: JetBrains Rider, console tool

Windows

macOS | Linux

.NET Framework 1.0 – 4.8

Available in: JetBrains Rider, Visual Studio, standalone, console tool

.NET Core 2.0 – 3.1

.NET 5 – 7

Available in: JetBrains Rider, Visual Studio, standalone, console tool

Available in: JetBrains Rider, console tool

Mono 5.10 and later

Available in: JetBrains Rider, console tool

Notes:

Only x64 CPUs are supported

Unity 2018.3 and later

Available in: JetBrains Rider, console tool

Integration with Other Tools

TeamCity

JetBrains TeamCity comes bundled with dotCover command-line tool. Just by enabling the corresponding configuration option you can collect code coverage for your .NET project and then view coverage statistics and detailed coverage reports. The Visual Studio Add-in provided by TeamCity allows connecting to the TeamCity server to fetch coverage snapshots automatically. For more information, refer to TeamCity Visual Studio Addin.

TypeMock

TypeMock Isolator.NET 6.2 supports integration with dotCover. Coverage analysis is supported in TypeMock unit tests.

NDepend

dotCover can generate coverage reports in the NDepend-compatible format. For more information, refer to NDepend Coverage Data FAQ: How to get XML Coverage Files from JetBrains DotCover

Last modified: 01 December 2023