goku

Overview

Goku is a high-performance HTTP load testing application written in Rust, designed for benchmarking and performance analysis of web services. It offers features like real-time live stats, rate limiting, multi-step sequential scenarios, and variable templating. The MCP server integration allows users to incorporate load testing into automated workflows and LLM agents without manual CLI usage.

Try asking AI

After installing, here are 4 things you can ask your AI assistant:

• run_benchmarktarget: string, clients: number, requests?: number, duration_secs?: number, body?: string, headers?: string[], http2?: boolean, ramp_up?: number, timeout_ms?: number, insecure?: boolean, rps?: number

  Runs an HTTP load test with specified parameters and returns performance metrics

  Try:Run a load test on https://api.example.com/users with 50 concurrent clients for 30 seconds using HTTP/2Try:Benchmark POST requests to https://api.example.com/data with 100 clients and rate limit of 200 requests per secondTry:Test https://api.example.com with 10 clients for 1 minute with basic auth

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Installation

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jcaromiq/goku/v3.0.0/scripts/install.sh | sh

cargo install goku-bench
goku --version

cargo install goku-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goku": {
      "command": "goku-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

FAQ

What protocols does Goku support?

Goku supports HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 protocols for load testing web services.

Can Goku be used for multi-step testing scenarios?

Yes, Goku supports multi-step sequential scenarios where each worker executes multiple endpoints in order.

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