Alternatives to hey
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. hey itself: install hey.
oha
HTTP load generator · inspired by rakyll/hey with tui animation
ali
Generate HTTP load and plot the results in real-time
drill
Drill is an HTTP load testing application written in Rust
wrk
Modern HTTP benchmarking tool
chisel-tunnel
A fast TCP/UDP tunnel over HTTP
Orca Slicer Nightly
G-code generator for 3D printers (Bambu, Prusa, Voron, VzBot, RatRig, Creality, etc.)
git-filter-repo
Quickly rewrite git repository history (filter-branch replacement)
swiftgen
The Swift code generator for your assets, storyboards, Localizable.strings, … — Get rid of all String-based APIs!
autocannon
fast HTTP/1.1 benchmarking tool written in Node.js
miniserve
🌟 For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now!
autorest
OpenAPI (f.k.a Swagger) Specification code generator. Supports C#, PowerShell, Go, Java, Node.js, TypeScript, Python
SuperSlicer
G-code generator for 3D printers (Prusa, Voron, Creality, etc.)
flex
The Fast Lexical Analyzer - scanner generator for lexing in C and C++
sbjson
This framework implements a strict JSON parser and generator in Objective-C
pgrok
Poor man's ngrok - a multi-tenant HTTP/TCP reverse tunnel solution through SSH remote port forwarding
smap
a drop-in replacement for Nmap powered by shodan.io
protoc-gen-doc
Documentation generator plugin for Google Protocol Buffers
vivid
A themeable LS_COLORS generator with a rich filetype datebase
zlib-ng-compat
zlib replacement with optimizations for "next generation" systems
fastmod
A fast partial replacement for the codemod tool. Assists with large-scale codebase refactors via regex-based find and replace with human oversight and
mkp224o
vanity address generator for tor onion v3 (ed25519) hidden services
Orchard
The native UI for Apple Containers and (o)MLX sandboxes, written in swift as a replacement for docker desktop
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
go
The Go programming language
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 hey — 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.
hey 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.