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There are two tools that are very similar that I use when I need to get a crude measure of the performance of a site. These tools are hey and ab (Apache Bench). Both of these tools are load generators that are meant to benchmark a site's basic performance characteristics.
The previous load generator tools that I mentioned act as somewhat crude measurements because you're limited to testing a single URL at a time. What should you do if you need to simulate traffic that matches real user usage patterns? Enter Locust. Locust is not a tool that I would reach for casually, but it is super cool and worth knowing about.