# Install goku with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix HTTP load testing tool. Version 3.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:goku ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install goku ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install goku ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/goku/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#goku ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/goku/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:goku - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.0.0 - **Source summary:** HTTP load testing tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:20:17-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - goku (cli) - goku (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.0.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jcaromiq/goku - Upstream latest detected: v3.0.0 (current) ## Project history and usage Goku is a Rust HTTP load-testing CLI for benchmarking web services. Its maintainer describes it as inspired by Drill and Vegeta, with a focus on simple command-line load profiles, live statistics, rate limiting, scenarios, and structured output. ### Project history The GitHub project was created in February 2023 and had early 0.0.x and 0.1.x releases within the same week. The README later expanded the tool beyond one-shot HTTP benchmarking with duration-based runs, multi-step YAML scenarios, comparison of saved JSON benchmark runs, and an MCP server interface. ### Adoption history Goku appears in Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix package metadata, which places it in the small but familiar package-manager niche of single-binary HTTP benchmarking tools. Its adoption footprint is modest compared with older load generators, so the best-supported history is the maintainer's README and release stream rather than third-party ecosystem writing. ### How it is used Typical use is `goku --target URL` with flags for clients, iterations or duration, headers, request body, output format, and rate limits. The `compare` subcommand makes it useful for package-manager users who want a local CLI to compare benchmark results without standing up a hosted load-testing service. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, Goku is notable as a newer Rust entrant in the classic `ab`/Vegeta/Drill style: easy to bottle, easy to run from CI or a shell, and small enough to install as a toolbox binary. Its MCP support also reflects the 2025-era pattern of CLI tools exposing agent-callable surfaces. ### Timeline - 2023: GitHub repository created for a Rust HTTP load-testing application. - 2023: Early 0.0.x and 0.1.x GitHub releases published. - 2024-2025: README describes expanded benchmarking features including duration runs, live stats, scenario files, JSON/CSV output, result comparison, and MCP support. ### Related projects - Drill and Vegeta are named by the maintainer as inspirations for Goku's HTTP load-testing model. - Goku occupies the same CLI benchmarking space as other installable HTTP load tools, but its official sources frame it primarily around Rust packaging, structured output, and agent integration. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for goku. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** goku - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - goku: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/goku/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - goku: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/goku/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [artillery](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/artillery/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, load-testing, testing. - [cassowary](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cassowary/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, http, load-testing, testing. - [locust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/locust/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, load-testing, testing. - [gor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, http, load-testing, testing. - [siege](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/siege/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, http, load-testing. - [tsung](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tsung/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, http, load-testing. - [vegeta](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vegeta/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, http, load-testing. - [xk6](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xk6/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, load-testing, testing. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/goku.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/goku.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph