Locust
An open source load testing tool for millions of simultaneous users.
Locust is an open-source load testing framework that lets developers define user behavior using Python code to simulate millions of concurrent users hitting a system. It supports complex scenarios through TaskSets and offers both self-hosted and cloud-hosted options. The tool is designed for scalable, scriptable performance and stress testing of web applications.
Users write Python classes defining user behavior and tasks, then Locust spawns swarms of simulated users that execute those tasks against the target system.
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Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
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