Project Title
artillery — The complete load testing platform for production-grade tests
Overview
Artillery is a comprehensive load testing platform designed for production-grade tests. It offers serverless and distributed testing capabilities, allowing users to load test with Playwright, HTTP APIs, GraphQL, WebSocket, and more. Artillery stands out with its ability to use any Node.js module, making it highly extensible and customizable.
Key Features
- Cloud-native distributed load testing at scale, out-of-the-box and for free.
- Load testing with real headless browsers using Playwright.
- 20+ integrations for monitoring, observability, and CICD.
- Supports testing of HTTP, WebSocket, Socket.io, gRPC, Kinesis, and more.
- Emulates complex user behavior with request chains, multiple steps, transactions, and more.
- Plugin API for extending and customizing Artillery.
Use Cases
- Load testing of web applications and APIs to ensure they can handle high traffic.
- Performance testing of real-time applications like WebSocket and Socket.io.
- Stress testing to identify bottlenecks and optimize system performance.
- Integration with CICD pipelines for continuous performance monitoring.
Advantages
- Scalability with AWS Lambda or AWS Fargate without the need for DevOps.
- Real headless browser testing for accurate user experience simulation.
- Extensive integration options for comprehensive monitoring and observability.
- Powerful workload modeling for complex user behavior emulation.
Limitations / Considerations
- Azure-specific modules require a commercial license for commercial and/or production usage.
- The complexity of setup and configuration might be higher for those unfamiliar with Node.js and distributed systems.
Similar / Related Projects
- Apache JMeter: A widely used open-source load testing tool, but lacks the serverless capabilities and modern language support of Artillery.
- Gatling: A high-performance load testing framework that focuses on HTTP and HTTP/2, but does not support WebSocket or Playwright out of the box.
- Loader.io: A cloud-based load testing service that offers simplicity and ease of use, but with less flexibility and extensibility compared to Artillery.
Basic Information
- GitHub: https://github.com/artilleryio/artillery
- Stars: 8,744
- License: MPL 2.0 and BSL for Azure-specific modules
- Last Commit: 2025-10-02
📊 Project Information
- Project Name: artillery
- GitHub URL: https://github.com/artilleryio/artillery
- Programming Language: JavaScript
- ⭐ Stars: 8,744
- 🍴 Forks: 543
- 📅 Created: 2015-05-28
- 🔄 Last Updated: 2025-10-02
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