Bombardier

HTTP benchmarking tool.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Makes HTTP requests to defined services for load testing. Fully configurable requests (body, headers, TLS certs. Supports HTTP/1.x and HTTP/2.0. Choose request volume: rate, concurrency, duration. Outputs latency numbers. Configurable output templates. Written in Go so available cross platform as a single binary.

Tradeoffs

Docs are limited - more examples would be useful. It’s designed as a CLI, so you can’t template your test parameters easily.

Is Bombardier a fit?

Based on Console’s review published on 2024-09-12. Summary updated .

Who it’s for

Developers needing HTTP load testing

Why consider it

It supports fully configurable requests for load testing

Keep in mind

It has limited documentation and templating capabilities

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