# Install memtier_benchmark with Homebrew, Nix Redis and Memcache traffic generation and benchmarking tool. Version 2.4.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:memtier_benchmark ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install memtier_benchmark ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#memtier-benchmark ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/me/memtier-benchmark/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:memtier_benchmark - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.4.4 - **Source summary:** Redis and Memcache traffic generation and benchmarking tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** (GPL-2.0-or-later WITH cryptsetup-OpenSSL-exception) AND (CC0-1.0 OR BSD-2-Clause) - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-04T16:53:44+09:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - memtier_benchmark (cli) - memtier_benchmark (alias) ## Dependencies - libevent - openssl@3 ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake - libtool - pkgconf ## 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: 2.4.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-04 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/redis/memtier_benchmark - Upstream latest detected: 2.4.4 (current) ## Project history and usage memtier_benchmark began as a Redis Labs/Garantia Data benchmarking tool for generating heavy Redis and Memcached traffic. Yiftach Shoolman announced it to the Redis DB mailing list in July 2013 as a complementary tool to redis-benchmark, noting that redis-benchmark covered only simple GET and SET workloads. Redis's own launch article described the motivation as regression testing and database-performance optimization, with the source released under GPLv2. ### Project history The tool's niche is realistic key-value-store load generation from a single command-line executable. It supports both Redis and Memcached protocols, multithreaded and multi-client execution, configurable read/write ratios, sequential or random key patterns, expiry ranges, Redis Cluster, and TLS. In practice, engineers use it for capacity tests, latency and throughput comparisons, performance regression checks, and synthetic workload generation before changing cache/database deployments. ### How it is used Its packaging footprint reflects that role: it is distributed as Redis-provided APT/YUM packages, a Homebrew formula, and a Nix package. The Phoronix Test Suite added a memtier_benchmark profile in 2019, making it part of reusable public benchmark workflows as well as Redis-oriented operations work. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** memtier_benchmark - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - memtier-benchmark: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/me/memtier-benchmark/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [libevent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libevent/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libtool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libtool/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [sqlbench](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sqlbench/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, database, developer-tools. - [chdig](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chdig/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database, developer-tools. - [dbhash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dbhash/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database, developer-tools. - [diesel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/diesel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database, developer-tools. - [eralchemy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eralchemy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database, developer-tools. - [golang-migrate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/golang-migrate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database, developer-tools. - [jet](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jet/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database, developer-tools. - [libpq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libpq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database, developer-tools. - [wrk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wrk/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: benchmarking, cli, developer, developer-tools, load. - [apib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apib/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: benchmark, cli, developer, developer-tools, openssl. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/memtier_benchmark.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/memtier_benchmark.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