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2026

1. 20 Jul NCrunch MCP Server
2. 22 Mar Core Control for Execution, Lots of Fixes

2025

1. 13 Sep Visual Studio 2026
2. 10 Apr Rider 2025.1, MSTest v3.8, More fixes
3. 20 Feb Fixes Fixes Fixes

2024

1. 14 Nov Rider 2024.3 Support, VS and Xunit fixes
2. 26 Sep Xunit v3 Support and continued fixes
3. 28 Mar Fixes and Improvements for V5 Release
4. 27 Feb NCrunch V5 Now Available
5. 23 Feb Introducing Runtime Data Inspection
6. 02 Feb Dotnet build support. JetBrains Rider support coming soon!

2023

1. 23 Jun UsesThreadsAttribute and .NET Framework v4.8.1

2022

1. 30 Aug MAUI and MSpec v1.1.0 Support and Faster engine start times
2. 11 May UX and Performance Improvements. NCrunch V5 is getting closer

2021

1. 10 Jul VS2022, Roslyn Source Generators, Other Improvements
2. 15 Feb UI Improvements, Azure Function Projects, General Fixes

2020

1. 31 Oct Partcover/NDepend Export and .NET5 Support
2. 28 Jul Minor Feature Release - v4.4
3. 23 Mar COVID-19 Information

2019

1. 06 Nov NCrunch V4 Released
2. 25 May VS2019 Stability, New Tests Window Progress Bar and Timeline Report
3. 16 Apr VS2019 Support Fully Implemented
4. 09 Mar NCrunch v3.24: VS2019 Support and UI Improvements
5. 20 Feb Can We Give the Unit Testing is Dead Hot-Takes a Rest, Already?
6. 13 Feb Unit Testing Best Practices: 7 Ways to Improve Your Tests
7. 08 Feb How to Unit Test Multithreaded C#
8. 01 Feb How Do You Debug a Unit Test in Visual Studio?
9. 23 Jan Arrange, Act, Assert: What is AAA Testing?
10. 18 Jan Concurrent Testing: Your Unit Tests Will Never Be the Same
11. 10 Jan 8 Things Making Your Unit Tests a Mess
12. 03 Jan What Is Live Unit Testing? Running Your Tests Automatically

2018

1. 20 Dec How to Unit Test Private Methods in C#—And Why You Shouldn't
2. 18 Dec Finding Unknown Bugs With Property-Based Testing
3. 12 Dec Over-Reliance on Mocking Will Stall Your Unit Testing Efforts
4. 06 Dec How Much Code Coverage Is Enough?
5. 28 Nov Getting Started With TDD in Your Existing Project
6. 26 Nov Explicit Unit Tests for Data Structures Are a Waste of Time
7. 15 Nov Mutation Testing: What It Is and How It Makes Code Coverage Matter
8. 07 Nov When to Use TDD and When Not to Use TDD
9. 02 Nov London TDD Vs. Detroit TDD: You're Missing the Point
10. 23 Oct Why Is Unit Testing Important?
11. 19 Oct The Testing Pyramid: Your Blueprint for Automated Testing
12. 12 Oct 5 Excuses for Not Doing TDD, Debunked
13. 02 Oct How Long Should Unit Tests Take to Run?
14. 26 Sep If Your Developers Are Asking Permission to Unit Test, You Have a Culture Problem
15. 20 Sep What Is Acceptance Testing? Everything You Need to Know
16. 14 Sep Is Test-Driven Development Required to Be Agile?
17. 06 Sep TDD vs. BDD: What Are They and How Do They Differ?
18. 04 Sep Test-Driven Development: A First-Principles Explanation
19. 01 Aug NCrunch v3.18 Timeline report and Tests Window toolbar upgrades
20. 21 Apr NCrunch v3.15: UI and Console Tool improvements. Other goodies!
21. 02 Mar NCrunch v3.13: Churn mode and UI enhancements

2017

1. 07 Mar .NET Core Support Has Arrived!

2016

1. 29 Nov Announcing NCrunch Version 3!

2015

1. 16 Dec Performance Performance Performance!
2. 05 Nov Windows Store Apps No Longer Supported By NCrunch
3. 28 Oct NUnit V3, Distributed Processing Upgrades And Lots of fixes
4. 10 Aug License Server Introduced! NCrunch 2.16 now available
5. 01 Apr Code Navigation Features, UI Upgrades and Xunit V2 Integration
6. 22 Jan 2.11 Released!

2014

1. 19 Dec Engine Separation and VS2015 Integration
2. 30 Oct NCrunch Website Issues
3. 25 Aug Release of NCrunch v2.8!
4. 21 Jul Standalone NCrunch Now Available
5. 18 Apr NCrunch Easter Release (v2.6)
6. 03 Mar NCrunch v2.5 Released
7. 31 Jan NCrunch V2 RTM Available! License upgrades extended to 12 months
8. 14 Jan New NCrunch Beta Build (v2.3)

2013

1. 26 Nov NCrunch V2 Beta Is Now Available!
2. 31 Oct Happy Halloween! NCrunch hits 1.48
3. 27 Sep NCrunch 1.47 now available
4. 10 Jul 1.46 Maintenance Release
5. 30 Mar NCrunch Easter Release
6. 13 Jan Windows Update KB2742616

2012

1. 10 Dec NCrunch v1.43 Released!
2. 14 Oct First Official Non-beta Release! NCrunch Goes Commercial
3. 30 Sep NCrunch Pricing
4. 03 Sep The Future Of NCrunch - Part 2
5. 12 Aug NCrunch 1.41b Released!
6. 19 Jun Tenth offical release of NCrunch! (1.40b)
7. 15 May Bang! Another NCrunch Beta Release! (1.39b)
8. 06 Mar NCrunch 1.38b Released!
9. 30 Jan NCrunch 1.37b Released!

2011

1. 19 Dec NCrunch 1.36b Released!
2. 08 Nov Moving back to New Zealand
3. 18 Oct NCrunch 1.35 now supports VS11
4. 24 Sep New NCrunch Build (1.34b)
5. 18 Sep The Future of NCrunch
6. 13 Sep Why Sequential Automated Testing Is Inefficient
7. 05 Sep NCrunch v1.33b Released!
8. 14 Jun NCrunch v1.32b Released!
9. 24 May NCrunch v1.31b Released
10. 20 May NCrunch Survives First Two Weeks of Life
11. 05 May NCrunch Continuous Testing Tool Released!
12. 22 Jan How to set a thread's processor affinity in .NET

2010

1. 08 Dec Points vs Hours
2. 13 Feb AppDomains - Not as insular as you would expect!
3. 09 Feb First Blog Post