Locust – Open-source Load Testing Tool

Took a look at Locust before and did not find it as useful or generic as ApacheBench or Httperf (by HP). Locust felt a little too cutesy and high-level for most of the work I wanted to do - which was pretty simple. Furthermore there were a lot of timing inaccuracies between the same test runs. It certainly could have been a fault in our code, but ab and Httperf seemed to give a lot more reliable and useful timing…

Yep, I like Locust but been a while since I’ve needed it again. It’s main advantage over simpler tools like ab or httperf is being able to simulate most any kind of user interaction. Whereas other tools tend to just spam static predefined HTTP requests at a server (which is great when that’s all you need), Locust is great at simulating complex user behavior, such as users clicking through different pages of your site, or clients that make common sequences…