Top 20 Go load-testing Projects

• k6

  20 23,393 9.6 Go

  A modern load testing tool, using Go and JavaScript - https://k6.io

  

Project mention: K6: A modern load testing tool, using Go and JavaScript | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-08

• Vegeta

  41 22,745 6.6 Go

  HTTP load testing tool and library. It's over 9000!

Project mention: Netlify just sent me a $104K bill for a simple static site | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-26

Vegeta worth a look if you want something a bit more sophisticated: https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• anteon

  101 8,198 8.6 Go

  Anteon (formerly Ddosify) - Effortless Kubernetes Monitoring and Performance Testing. Available on CLI, Self-Hosted, and Cloud

  

Project mention: 5 Awesome Go Projects To Know Before You Die | /r/golang | 2023-05-05

DDosify: https://github.com/ddosify/ddosify

• bombardier

  8 5,276 5.3 Go

  Fast cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool written in Go

• plow

  7 3,799 2.5 Go

  A high-performance HTTP benchmarking tool that includes a real-time web UI and terminal display

• ali

  3 3,638 3.1 Go

  Generate HTTP load and plot the results in real-time

• speedbump

  17 1,475 1.2 Go

  TCP proxy for simulating variable, yet predictable network latency :globe_with_meridians::hourglass_flowing_sand:

Project mention: FLaNK Stack Weekly 22 January 2024 | dev.to | 2024-01-22

• SaaSHub

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• cassowary

  0 725 0.0 Go

  :rocket: Modern cross-platform HTTP load-testing tool written in Go (by rogerwelin)

• kube-burner

  1 449 9.1 Go

  Kubernetes performance and scale test orchestration framework written in golang

  

• Pewpew

  0 399 0.0 Go

  Flexible HTTP command line stress tester for websites and web services (by bengadbois)

• iter8

  1 250 7.9 Go

  Kubernetes release optimizer

  

• hargo

  1 229 3.1 Go

  Hargo is a Go library and command line utility that parses HAR files, can convert to curl format, and serve as a load test driver.

• xk6-kafka

  4 128 6.3 Go

  k6 extension to load test Apache Kafka with support for various serialization formats, SASL, TLS, compression, Schema Registry client and beyond

Project mention: Performance testing Kafka server using xk6-kafka | dev.to | 2024-01-01

import { Writer, Reader, SCHEMA_TYPE_STRING, SchemaRegistry, GROUP_BALANCER_ROUND_ROBIN, BALANCER_ROUND_ROBIN, } from "k6/x/kafka"; import { check, sleep } from "k6"; const bootstrapServers = [ 'kafka-bootsrap-1:9001', ]; let vus_amount = 3; let total_written = 0; let total_read = 0; export const options = { vus: vus_amount, iterations: "3", thresholds: { kafka_writer_error_count: ["count == 0"], kafka_reader_error_count: ["count == 0"], }, }; const topicName = "my-topic"; const schemaRegistry = new SchemaRegistry(); const producer = new Writer({ brokers: bootstrapServers, topic: topicName, balancer: BALANCER_ROUND_ROBIN, // or pick another balancer https://github.com/mostafa/xk6-kafka/blob/main/api-docs/index.d.ts#L66 // ... auth config }); export function teardown(data) { producer.close(); } export default function () { const consumer = new Reader({ brokers: bootstrapServers, // it is important to set groupID, groupTopics and groupBalancers when using Kafka bootstrap server // topic ReaderConfig param doesn't quite work with bootstrap server groupID: topicName + "-group", groupTopics: [topicName], groupBalancers: [GROUP_BALANCER_ROUND_ROBIN], // or pick different balancer https://github.com/mostafa/xk6-kafka/blob/main/api-docs/index.d.ts#L75 }); let messageAmount = 1000; if (__VU == 1) { console.log('VU 1, writing messages. Iter ' + __ITER); for (let index = 0; index < messageAmount; index++) { let messages = [ { value: schemaRegistry.serialize({ data: "test-value-string-" + index + "-vu-" + __VU + "-iter-" + __ITER, schemaType: SCHEMA_TYPE_STRING, }), }, ]; producer.produce({ messages: messages }); total_written += messages.length; } } let consumerMsgAmount = Math.floor(messageAmount / vus_amount); let messages = consumer.consume({ limit: consumerMsgAmount}); total_read += messages.length; console.log("Amount of msgs received: " + messages.length + ", VU " + __VU + ", iter " + __ITER); check(messages, { "all messages returned": (msgs) => msgs.length == consumerMsgAmount, }); let firstMessageValue = schemaRegistry.deserialize({ data: messages[0].value, schemaType: SCHEMA_TYPE_STRING, }); let lastMessageValue = schemaRegistry.deserialize({ data: messages[consumerMsgAmount - 1].value, schemaType: SCHEMA_TYPE_STRING, }); check(messages[0], { "Topic equals to": (msg) => msg["topic"] == topicName }); console.log("First msg value " + firstMessageValue + ", offset" + messages[0]["offset"] + ", partition " + messages[0]["partition"] + ", VU " + __VU + ", iter " + __ITER); console.log("Last msg value " + lastMessageValue + ", offset" + messages[consumerMsgAmount - 1]["offset"] + ", partition " + messages[0]["partition"] + ", VU " + __VU + ", iter " + __ITER); consumer.close(); }

• gocannon

  3 70 0.8 Go

  :boom: Performance-focused HTTP load testing tool written in Go

• spurt

  1 66 7.7 Go

  HTTP stress testing tool that can overload web servers.

• rip

  7 54 0.0 Go

  Rest in peace(s) - HTTP/UDP load testing tool (by bjarneo)

• mattermost-load-test-ng

  2 53 8.7 Go

  Mattermost next generation loadtest agent

  

• gopayloader

  4 15 8.0 Go

  HTTP/S benchmark/load testing cross-platform tool with optional jwt generation - supports HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3

• gorankusu

  0 3 8.1 Go

  The Go module for programmatically run and load testing HTTP services

• lyra

  1 2 5.2 Go

  A simple, lightweight, and concurrent agent for load simulation and monitoring HTTP test object performance and availability - analyze and monitor performance metrics with configurable virtual users and InfluxDB integration for comprehensive reporting and visualization. (by eelbaz)

• SaaSHub

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• Deep-dive into Vegeta - HTTP load testing tool and library

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• Self-Hosted, Distributed, No-code Performance Testing Platform

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