httperf ☆

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Description:
Tool for measuring webserver performance

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: benchmarking http stress-testing web-server performance

Install: brew install httperf

About:
Httperf is a command-line tool designed to generate HTTP workloads for stress testing and benchmarking web servers. It allows for precise control over request rates, concurrency levels, and protocol details to measure server throughput and latency. This makes it invaluable for identifying performance bottlenecks under heavy load.

Key Features:

Flexible workload generation with control over request rate and concurrency
Support for HTTP/1.1 and SSL/TLS protocols
Detailed performance metrics including response time and throughput
Ability to generate complex request sequences via a raw file

Use Cases:

Stress testing web servers to determine maximum capacity
Benchmarking performance of different server configurations
Identifying latency issues and connection handling problems

Alternatives:

wrk – wrk is generally considered more modern and capable of generating higher load with better scripting support.
ab (ApacheBench) – ab is simpler and bundled with Apache, but offers fewer features for complex workload simulation.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 5:45am		2	VERSION_BUMP	9a878a51