# Install apib with Homebrew HTTP performance-testing tool. Version 1.2.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-30. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:apib ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install apib ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:apib - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.2.1 - **Source summary:** HTTP performance-testing tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-04-30T20:50:47+09:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - apib (cli) - apibmon (cli) - apib (alias) - apibmon (alias) ## Dependencies - libev - openssl@3 ## Build dependencies - cmake ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.2.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-04-30 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/apigee/apib - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage apib, short for API Bench, is an Apigee-origin HTTP API benchmarking tool. It was designed as a modernized ApacheBench-like utility for testing HTTP/1.1 APIs with concurrency, keep-alive behavior, CSV output, OAuth 1.0 signing, and optional remote resource monitoring. ### Project history The public repository was created in 2013 under Apigee. The README describes the tool as stable, available on Linux, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD, and positioned as a simple performance-testing utility for HTTP API servers. The repository is now archived on GitHub, so its package-manager value is mostly historical and operational rather than fast-moving. GitHub releases list apib 1.2 and 1.2.1 release candidates in 2020, while the README identifies 1.2.1 as the current version. ### Adoption history The README explicitly documents Homebrew installation for macOS and source builds for other platforms. The build documentation explains both Bazel and CMake paths, noting that the CMake build was used for Homebrew and potentially other repositories. ### How it is used A simple run looks like apib -c 100 -d 60 URL, which sends load for a time-bounded interval using a configured number of concurrent connections. The running guide emphasizes time-scheduled tests, warmup periods, HTTP verbs, request bodies, headers, HTTP Basic authentication, OAuth 1.0 signatures, and CSV output for automated test scripts. apibmon is the companion remote-monitoring process. The official docs show apib using -M host:port to collect CPU and memory statistics from a target host running apibmon, with /proc-based resource collection on Linux-like systems. ### Why package nerds care apib sits in the lineage of tiny HTTP load-test binaries that are easy to install, script, and throw into CI or release checks. Package nerds care because it is both familiar, thanks to its ApacheBench-like shape, and different enough to preserve: HTTP/1.1 focus, OAuth signing, CSV automation, and remote monitoring made it useful for API-centric benchmarking. ### Timeline - 2013: Public apigee/apib repository created. - 2020: GitHub releases published apib 1.2 and 1.2.1 release candidate. - 2024: Repository metadata shows the project archived on GitHub. ### Related projects - apib is directly compared with ApacheBench in its own documentation. It is also adjacent to HTTP load generators, API performance smoke tests, libev-based clients, and Apigee API operational tooling. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** apib - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** yes - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ali](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ali/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmark, cli, developer-tools, http. - [autocannon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autocannon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmark, cli, developer-tools, http. - [hey](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hey/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmark, cli, developer-tools, http. - [ain](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ain/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, http. - [atac](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/atac/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, http. - [autobench](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autobench/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmark, cli, developer-tools. - [benchi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/benchi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmark, cli, developer-tools. - [cassowary](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cassowary/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, http. - [memtier_benchmark](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/memtier-benchmark/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. 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