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Benchmarking & load testing tools

Benchmarking & load testing

Tools to benchmark & load-test your code or services

HTTP(S)

  • apachebench (ab) - Standalone apachebench (ab), Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool. C
  • httperf - A tool for measuring web server performance. C
  • hey - HTTP load generator, ab replacement. Go
  • boom - A replacement for ab, written in Python.
  • break - Like boom, but based on molotov. Python
  • molotov - Simple Python 3.5+ tool to write load tests.
  • phantomas - PhantomJS-based web performance metrics collector and monitoring tool. JavaScript
  • ponos - Simple yet powerful load generator written in Erlang.
  • siege - A HTTP load tester and benchmarking utility. C
  • vegeta - HTTP load testing tool and library. Go
  • sniper - Powerful and high-performance HTTP load tester, written in Go.
  • wrk - Modern HTTP benchmarking tool. C
  • go-wrk - A small heavy duty HTTP(S) benchmark tool, similar to wrk, but written in Go.
  • drill - A HTTP load testing application, written in Rust, inspired by Ansible syntax.
  • iago2 - A load generator, built for engineers (Twitter). Scala
  • gohttpbench - An ab-like benchmark tool run on multi-core cpu. Go
  • pronk - A small command line application for load testing web servers. Haskell
  • slow_cooker - A load tester focused on lifecycle issues and long-running tests. Go
  • k6 - A modern load testing tool, using Go and JavaScript.
  • bender - An easy-to-use library for creating load testing applications (Pinterest). Go

non-HTTP(S)

  • rpc-perf - A tool for benchmarking RPC services (Twitter). Rust
  • tcpkali - Fast multi-core TCP and WebSockets load generator. C

Stress testing

Tools to stress-test your code or services

  • hulken - Stress testing tool for everything speaking HTTP. JavaScript
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