Bombardier – a fast cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool
Bombardier is a high-performance, cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool written in Go. It’s designed to generate a significant load to test the performance of web servers and services with minimal impact on the system itself. Bombardier can produce many requests per second, making it suitable for stress testing and load testing web applications to understand how they behave under heavy traffic conditions.
Features of Bombardier include the following:
- Concurrency support: Bombardier can simulate numerous concurrent connections to a web service, enabling developers to understand how their applications handle simultaneous requests.
- Fast HTTP engine: Bombardier can quickly send a vast number of requests, making it an excellent tool for high-load testing.
- Cross platform: Being written in Go, Bombardier can be compiled and run on various OS’, including Windows, Linux, and macOS, making...