bombardier ☆

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Description:
Cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 2.0.2@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: benchmarking http load-testing performance dev-tools

Install: brew install bombardier

About:
Bombardier is a fast and cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool written in Go. It allows developers to load test web servers and APIs with a high degree of concurrency and precision. Its main value is providing detailed performance metrics and supporting complex scenarios like HTTP/2 and WebSockets.

Key Features:

High performance and concurrency
Supports HTTP/2, WebSockets, and SSE
Detailed latency and throughput statistics
Cross-platform binaries
Scriptable request flows

Use Cases:

Load testing web servers and APIs
Comparing performance of different endpoints
Identifying system bottlenecks under stress

Alternatives:

wrk – wrk is highly optimized for HTTP but less flexible; bombardier offers more modern protocol support and easier configuration.
ab (ApacheBench) – ab is a simpler, older tool; bombardier provides more detailed metrics and better concurrency.

License: MIT

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 10, 2025 2:55am		0	VERSION_BUMP	afd4c432
Sep 12, 2025 6:51pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	ad580d78