Alternatives to loadtest
A command-line tool and API for load testing HTTP and WebSocket URLs. Notes say what changes if you switch.
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loadtest
A command-line tool and API for load testing HTTP and WebSocket URLs.
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autocannon
Fast command-line HTTP/1.1 benchmarking and load testing tool written in Node.js.
autocannon focuses on fast HTTP/1.1 load testing from the command line, while loadtest also supports WebSocket URLs.
Grafana k6
An open-source command-line load testing tool that runs test scripts written in JavaScript.
Locust
An open-source load testing tool where user behaviour is defined in plain Python code.
Apache JMeter
An open-source Java application for load testing and measuring the performance of web applications and servers.
Vegeta
Command-line HTTP load testing tool that sends requests at a constant rate.
Vegeta sends HTTP requests at a constant rate, changing loadtest's general URL testing to a fixed-rate command-line workflow.
Bombardier
A cross-platform command-line HTTP benchmarking tool written in Go for load testing web servers.
Bombardier is a cross-platform command-line HTTP benchmarker, while loadtest offers both a command-line tool and an API.
wrk
A command-line HTTP benchmarking tool that generates high request loads from a multicore computer.
wrk benchmarks HTTP servers with high request loads from a multicore computer.
