Alternatives to autocannon
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. autocannon itself: install autocannon.
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
wrk
Modern HTTP benchmarking tool
node-sass
The reference implementation of Sass, written in Dart
drill
Drill is an HTTP load testing application written in Rust
llnode
An lldb plugin for Node.js and V8, which enables inspection of JavaScript states for insights into Node.js processes and their core dumps
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
fnm
🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
hey
HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement
ffuf
Fast web fuzzer written in Go
chisel-tunnel
A fast TCP/UDP tunnel over HTTP
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
gobuster
Directory/File, DNS and VHost busting tool written in Go
hadolint
Dockerfile linter, validate inline bash, written in Haskell
foundry
Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust
oha
HTTP load generator · inspired by rakyll/hey with tui animation
ncc
Compile a Node.js project into a single file. Supports TypeScript, binary addons, dynamic requires
scc
Sloc, Cloc and Code: scc is a very fast accurate code counter with complexity calculations and COCOMO estimates written in pure Go
fly
Concourse is a container-based automation system written in Go. It's mostly used for CI/CD
miniserve
🌟 For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now!
boa
Boa is an embeddable Javascript engine written in Rust
gdu
Fast disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go
autorest
OpenAPI (f.k.a Swagger) Specification code generator. Supports C#, PowerShell, Go, Java, Node.js, TypeScript, Python
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than autocannon — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
autocannon is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.