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Benchmarking tool for data pipelines. Version 0.4.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Benchmarking tool for data pipelines
Project links
Commands and aliases
- benchi
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Project history and usage
Benchi is ConduitIO's minimal Docker-based benchmarking framework for measuring application and infrastructure performance, especially data-pipeline scenarios.
Project history
The official repository was created in February 2025. The README says Benchi was developed to simplify setting up and running benchmarks for Conduit, and describes Docker Compose environments, metrics collection, hooks, and real-time monitoring.
Public releases moved quickly in March and April 2025, from v0.1.0 through v0.4.1, giving the project a compact early release history rather than a long legacy.
Adoption history
Benchi's adoption story is currently tied to the Conduit ecosystem and Go/Docker users. The README documents binary downloads, `go install`, and a shell installer, while the supplied Homebrew facts show package-manager availability.
Because it is young and specialized, its public adoption is better described as early ecosystem packaging than broad industry uptake.
How it is used
Users run `benchi -config <file>` against a YAML benchmark configuration that defines Docker Compose infrastructure, tools, metrics collectors, tests, and lifecycle hooks. Results are written into timestamped output directories with logs and aggregated CSV metrics.
The tool is suited to repeatable infrastructure benchmarks where containers, Prometheus-like metrics, and scripted benchmark phases matter more than single-command timing.
Why package nerds care
Benchi is package-nerd interesting as a young, purpose-built benchmark harness for containerized data infrastructure. It packages a repeatable benchmark workflow, not just a timer.
Its significance is still emerging; the reason to care today is that it turns Conduit-style pipeline benchmarking into a small installable CLI.
Timeline
- 2025: Repository created.
- 2025: v0.1.0 released.
- 2025: v0.4.1 released.
- 2025: Homebrew package metadata lists `benchi` as an installable formula.
Related projects
- Conduit is the data-pipeline project Benchi was developed to benchmark.
- Docker Compose is central to Benchi's benchmark environment model.
- Prometheus-style metrics endpoints are used by documented collector examples.
Sources
- https://github.com/ConduitIO/benchi
- https://github.com/ConduitIO/benchi/releases
- source_facts.package-manager-url
- source_facts.repo
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
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.
- Unix
path passed to benchi -config
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
benchi | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-10
manager version0.4.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.4.1
https://github.com/ConduitIO/benchi
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:benchi |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/benchi |
| Homepage | https://github.com/ConduitIO/benchi |
| Repository | https://github.com/ConduitIO/benchi |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/ConduitIO/benchi#readme |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/ConduitIO/benchi/archive/refs/tags/v0.4.1.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | go |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | benchi |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment