grafana/k6
A modern load testing tool, using Go and JavaScript
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
4 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 16 days ago, with 271 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #85 in the weekly ranking the week of Nov 9, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a modern load testing tool using Go and JavaScript to simulate and measure application performance under various traffic conditions.
- Offers a developer-friendly experience with scriptable tests as code, extensible APIs, and native integration with Grafana for metrics visualization.
- Use for automating performance tests in CI pipelines to ensure application stability during continuous delivery.
- Use for simulating complex user behavior and traffic patterns across multiple protocols like HTTP, WebSockets, and gRPC.
- Use for extending load testing capabilities with custom protocols or integrating with cloud services for scalable test execution and analysis.
Should you depend on it?
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License
AGPL 3.0
Network copyleft: like the GPL, and also triggered by offering the software over a network.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
- AGPL-style copyleft also applies when the software is offered over a network.
General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score
From the README
Like unit testing, for performance Modern load testing for developers and testers in the DevOps era.
k6 is a modern load-testing tool, built on our years of experience in the performance and testing industries. It's built to be powerful, extensible, and full-featured. The key design goal is to provide the best developer experience.
This is what load testing looks like in the 21st century.
You can run scripts like this on the CLI, or in your CI, or across a Kubernetes cluster.
The docs cover all aspects of using k6. Some highlights include:
These links barely scratch the surface! If you're looking for conceptual information, you can read about Test types, Test strategies, or one of the many informative Blog posts.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+859 stars over 82 days across 10 snapshot days; best day +34 on Sep 28.
Forks
1.7K+103
Open issues
768-3
Compared with peers in Testing
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D4Vinci/Scrapling | 98.1K | +6.9K | 65 | 1 day ago |
| lexmount/moli | 22.7K | +1.2K | 55 | 2 days ago |
| tester-army/e2e | 13.3K | +1.0K | 45 | today |
| keploy/keploy | 19.5K | +564 | 45 | today |
| usebruno/bruno | 48.2K | +281 | 59 | 14 days ago |
| grafana/k6 | 32.1K | — | 64 | 16 days ago |
| Category median | 22.7K | +1.0K | 55 | — |
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