31368 stars · AGPL-3.0 · v2.3.0 (2026-09-21), confirmed by pkg.go.dev/go.k6.io/k6/v2 · Track this in Scout
Generates web traffic from JavaScript test files kept beside the code, so a load test is repeatable rather than something somebody once did on a laptop.
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Latestv2.3.0 (2026-09-21), confirmed by pkg.go.dev/go.k6.io/k6/v2
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