The only test runner you'll ever need

test.sh

#!/bin/sh
echo "Running test suite"

passed=0
failed=0
total=0

for t in test/*-test.js; do
  total=`expr $total + 1`

  echo

  echo "Running $t..."
  output=`node $t`
  code=$?
  if [ $code -ne 0 ]; then
    failed=`expr $failed + 1`

    echo $output
    echo "  $(tput setaf 1)✗ $t (exit code: $code)$(tput sgr0)"
  else
    passed=`expr $passed + 1`

    echo "  $(tput setaf 2)✓ $t $(tput sgr0)"
  fi
done

echo

if [ $failed -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "$(tput setaf 2)✓ OK » $passed passed$(tput sgr0)"
else
  echo "$(tput setaf 1)✗ Failed » $failed failed$(tput sgr0)"
  echo "$(tput setaf 2)           $passed passed$(tput sgr0)"
  exit 1
fi

works even better if you use make targets, then you can -j 4

I'm a bit opposed to running tests in parallel, especially if they interact with DBs or services, but if it's good for your usecase that's a very good idea

yeah that can get ugly, node stuff is usually fast enough anyway