Two tools for quick and easy web application load testing during development

wrk is pretty awesome for non-distributed testing. It supports lua scripting so it actually can be used to do tests that bust caches or run other custom logic.

If you need a more sophisticated product, I've used jmeter before. It is distributed, supports all kinds of protocols, scenarios, etc. If you want to stress test a checkout flow it can be good. It's kind of an ugly mess though.

Re: Two tools for quick and easy web application load testing during development

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Post by fauria » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 4:34 PM UTC

I like Artillery: https://artillery.io/

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Post by lyonlim » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 4:34 PM UTC

We use loader.io, but am looking for ways to load test websockets which loader.io doesn't support

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Post by slice-beans » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 4:45 PM UTC

Locust is really good, allows custom scripts for user behaviour, and works well spun up on multiple cloud instances http://locust.io/

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Post by anders098 » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 5:19 PM UTC

The only thing about these 2 tools is that they can only ran on Windows. Which can be a barrier for most developers. We run mac ubuntu and redhat everyday. Sometimes it's even hard to get a windows machine inside company.

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Post by ww520 » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 5:26 PM UTC

psophis wrote: post #2

I usually use Apache bench: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/programs/ab.html

That's what I use. Simple and effective.