What is Kraken By octoPerf?
Kraken is an open source load and API testing tool created by octoPerf. It is designed to be lightweight, easy to use, and enable developers to simulate heavy user load on web applications in order to measure overall system performance, reliability and scalability.
Some key features of Kraken include:
- Ability to create simple JSON-based test scenarios without coding
- Support for load injection using dynamic variables and advanced scripting
- Real-time monitoring of test executions with graphs and statistics
- Available as standalone binary files for Windows, Linux and macOS
- Integrates with CI/CD pipelines
- CLI and REST API for automation
- Cloud-based SaaS available through octoCloud
- Open source under Apache 2.0 license
Kraken is designed to be lightweight and portable so it can be easily integrated into development workflows. It enables dev and QA teams to catch performance issues early. The cloud-based octoCloud platform provides easy test creation and scheduling, advanced reporting, and team collaboration features.
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