In simple English
Vegeta is a command-line tool that sends a steady stream of web requests to your server. You use it to check how much traffic your website can handle before it slows down or crashes. It measures response times, success rates, and error codes under heavy loads. It is free to use and runs locally on your computer.
What it is
Vegeta is an HTTP load testing tool and library written in Go. It sends constant request rates to web services and generates detailed performance reports.
What it is good for
Developers and solo builders who want to test their server speed, find performance bottlenecks, and check how their API behaves under heavy traffic.
- Runs as a single command-line tool or as an embeddable Go library.
- Generates text, JSON, histogram, and HTML plot reports.
- Supports distributed load testing across multiple machines.
- Requires comfort with the command-line interface.
- High request rates can exhaust local file descriptors and memory.
- Does not include a graphical user interface out of the box.
manual benchmarking
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brew install vegeta