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k6 mit Homebrew, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, zypper, scoop, winget installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für k6 in AI-Agent-Workflows.

InstallationsbefehlSicherheitshinweise

Agent-Sicherheit

Antwort zur Agent-Sicherheit

k6 runs load tests that can hit local or remote systems with scripted traffic.

Credential-Zugriff

Reads environment variables, test scripts, and optional cloud tokens.

Änderungen an Remote-Zustand

Can generate traffic against production endpoints or upload cloud results.

Publish-/Artefakt-Risiko

Can publish test results or stress external systems.

Empfohlene Kontrolle

Gate cloud uploads, production targets, and secret-backed test runs.

Hinweise für Agent-Nutzung

Allow local dry tests; require approval for remote load, cloud output, and tokens.

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install k6

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install k6

MacPorts ports tree · net/k6/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#k6

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/k6/k6/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install k6

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · k6 · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverifiziert · 92%
choco install k6

Chocolatey community package catalog · k6 · Quelle: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverifiziert · 92%
scoop install main/k6

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/k6.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%
winget install --id GrafanaLabs.k6 -e

Windows Package Manager source index · GrafanaLabs.k6 · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Modern load testing tool, using Go and JavaScript

Befehle und Aliase

  • k6

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Grafana k6 is an open source load and performance testing tool written in Go with test scripts authored in JavaScript or TypeScript, designed for developer-friendly reliability testing from local runs through cloud and CI workflows.

Projektgeschichte

k6 began as an open source load-testing tool from Load Impact, with public releases visible from 2017. It combined a Go runtime with JavaScript test scripts, aiming to make load tests feel like code that developers could keep with application projects.

Load Impact rebranded around k6 in 2020, including the GitHub repository move from `loadimpact/k6` to `k6io/k6`. Grafana Labs acquired the Stockholm-based k6 company in June 2021 and folded the project into Grafana's observability stack.

In 2025, Grafana announced k6 1.0 as a general-availability milestone with Semantic Versioning, stability guarantees, TypeScript support, native extensibility, and a stronger long-term support story.

Adoptionsgeschichte

k6 adoption grew from teams wanting scripted, automatable load testing without older GUI-heavy workflows. Its JavaScript API, CLI-first design, thresholds, CI integrations, and Grafana/Prometheus-friendly metrics made it attractive to developers, SREs, QA engineers, and platform teams.

After the Grafana acquisition, k6 became part of a broader observability loop: generate load with k6, observe behavior in Grafana-backed systems, and use cloud or Kubernetes execution when local tests are not enough.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users write test scenarios in JavaScript or TypeScript and run them with `k6 run`, often checking thresholds in CI. More advanced setups send metrics to observability backends, run distributed tests, use extensions, or execute tests through Grafana Cloud k6.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

k6 is significant because it made load testing feel like a normal developer CLI dependency: install a binary, commit scripts, run in CI, and export metrics. Its Go-plus-JavaScript architecture also makes it an interesting packaging target: a single executable with an embedded scripting engine and extension ecosystem.

Zeitleiste

  • 2017: k6 public releases were published under the Load Impact era.
  • 2020: Load Impact rebranded to k6 and moved the GitHub repository to the k6 organization.
  • 2021: Grafana Labs acquired k6 on June 17.
  • 2025: Grafana announced k6 1.0 with stability guarantees and Semantic Versioning.

Related projects

  • k6 is related to Grafana, Grafana Cloud k6, Prometheus-style metrics workflows, xk6 extensions, the k6 Kubernetes operator, and older load-testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling, and Locust.

Sicherheitslage

Noch keine Protected-Tool-Abdeckung gefunden

Für k6 wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

macOS
~/Library/Application Support/k6/config.json
Unix
~/.config/k6/config.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

macOS
~/Library/Application Support/k6/config.json
Unix
~/.config/k6/config.json

Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
k6cliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25
Manager-Version2.1.0
Manager aktualisiert2026-06-30
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamaktuell
neueste erkannte Versionv2.1.0

https://github.com/grafana/k6

  • OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:k6
Version2.1.0
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/k6
Homepagehttps://k6.io
Repositoryhttps://github.com/grafana/k6
Upstream-Dokumentationhttps://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest
LizenzAGPL-3.0-or-later
Quellarchivhttps://github.com/grafana/k6/archive/refs/tags/v2.1.0.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert2026-06-30T09:51:09Z
Pulseupdated
Build-Abhängigkeitengo
Bottleverfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namek6
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

k6

nix profile install nixpkgs#k6
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: K6
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/k6/k6/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
zypper95%

k6 2.0.0-1.1

Modern load testing tool, using Go and JavaScript

https://github.com/grafana/k6

sudo zypper install k6
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: k6
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: K6
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: k6 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

k6-bash-completion 2.0.0-1.1

Bash Completion for k6

https://github.com/grafana/k6

sudo zypper install k6-bash-completion
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: k6
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: K6
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: k6-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

k6-fish-completion 2.0.0-1.1

Fish Completion for k6

https://github.com/grafana/k6

sudo zypper install k6-fish-completion
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: k6
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: K6
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: k6-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

k6-zsh-completion 2.0.0-1.1

Zsh Completion for k6

https://github.com/grafana/k6

sudo zypper install k6-zsh-completion
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: k6
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: K6
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: k6-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

k6

sudo port install k6
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: K6
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/k6/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Chocolatey95%

k6

choco install k6
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: K6
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: k6 from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','jetbrains-rider'
Scoop95%

main/k6

scoop install main/k6
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: K6
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/k6.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

GrafanaLabs.k6

winget install --id GrafanaLabs.k6 -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: K6
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: GrafanaLabs.k6 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Verwandte Tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • xk6Shares the same upstream homepage.

Gleicher Workflow

  • artilleryShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, load-testing, performance-testing, testing.
  • bztShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, load-testing, performance-testing, testing.
  • gorShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, load-testing, testing.
  • locustShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, load-testing, performance-testing, testing.
  • apibShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, performance-testing, testing.
  • counterfeiterShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, testing.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/k6.yml

Verwendete Quellen

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated agent safety answer
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment