Ask HN: JMeter Alternative?

• awesome-http-benchmark

  3 3,221 4.6

  HTTP(S) benchmark tools, testing/debugging, & restAPI (RESTful)

I have not used it myself but colleagues of mine recommend k6: https://k6.io/open-source/

There is also a Github repository keeping track of all the load-testing tools out there: https://github.com/denji/awesome-http-benchmark You will probably find something that will fit your bill.

I do not understand though why it is of any relevance what language the application is written in. Yes, it indicates a certain speed and novelty but you can write fast applications with good UX in other programming languages too.

• Hey

  38 17,319 0.0 Go

  HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement (by rakyll)

I've used LoadForge before for stress testing:

https://loadforge.com

I found it a good middle-ground between DIY tools like "hey" and the likes of JMeter and K6.

LoadForge is really just a frontend for Locust [2]behind the scenes so all tests are written in Python which might not fit your requirement for Go/Rust, but it's affordable and quick to get started with.

[1] https://github.com/rakyll/hey

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com featured

  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.

  

• locust

  58 23,758 9.8 Python

  Write scalable load tests in plain Python 🚗💨

  

• Gor

  7 18,303 4.8 Go

  GoReplay is an open-source tool for capturing and replaying live HTTP traffic into a test environment in order to continuously test your system with real data. It can be used to increase confidence in code deployments, configuration changes and infrastructure changes.

I suppose the end goal is to replicate production traffic patterns as close as possible. Why not just use production traffic? Of course omitting PII is mandatory.

Take a look at goreplay. https://github.com/buger/goreplay/wiki

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