The Grinder

The Grinder is a load testing framework that makes it easy to run a distributed test using many load injector machines. Test scripts are written in Jython, and can call out to arbitrary Java code, providing support for testing a large range of network protocols.

The Grinder comes with a mature plug-in for testing HTTP services, HTTP scripts can be recorded easily from a browser session.

Features

Distributed load testing
Test script support for Java, Jython, and Clojure
Mature HTTP support

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oychw Posted 2016-06-16
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The best performance tool！ I Want to translate the guide to chinese!
adyramirez07 Posted 2015-01-08
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Hi All, We've published a consolidated review of The Grinder on QATestingTools website. It provides a complete feature list, tool analysis along with tutorials and helpful references. Access the review to know more.
billylh Posted 2014-02-17
5 out of 5 stars

coming from proprietary load testing software it wasnt hard to figure out how grinder works, my only problem is not knowing java or python very well. guess i have some work to do.

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uponmusic Posted 2013-04-26
5 out of 5 stars

I always know that I can fall back on this tool to get the job done.Thanks for a great product!
a11922256 Posted 2012-12-18
5 out of 5 stars

Good and useful software

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2001-01-17

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