# Install vegeta with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper HTTP load testing tool and library. Version 12.13.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:vegeta ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install vegeta ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install vegeta ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/vegeta/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#vegeta ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ve/vegeta/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S vegeta ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: vegeta from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install vegeta ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vegeta from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/vegeta ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/vegeta.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:vegeta - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 12.13.0 - **Source summary:** HTTP load testing tool and library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - vegeta (cli) - vegeta (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## 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: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 12.13.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta - Upstream latest detected: v12.13.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Vegeta is a Go-based HTTP load testing command-line tool and library by Tomas Senart. Its identity in the load-testing niche is the constant-rate attack model: instead of simply driving as much traffic as possible, users specify a request rate and duration, then pipe results into text, JSON, histogram, or plot/report commands. ### Project history The public project dates to 2013, with secondary software cataloging and the upstream repository tying the first release era to August 2013. The repository's README frames the tool as something built from the need to drill HTTP services at a constant request rate, and the project has remained a compact Go utility rather than growing into a hosted load-testing service. Over time Vegeta settled into the Unix-pipeline shape that package users recognize: `vegeta attack` generates binary result streams, `vegeta report` summarizes them, `vegeta plot` creates an HTML visualization, and the library package lets Go programs embed the attacker directly. ### Adoption history Vegeta became popular with operators and backend developers who wanted a small, scriptable load generator that could be installed from language, OS, and package-manager channels. Tutorials from cloud providers and performance-testing blogs continue to teach it as a practical way to validate request-per-second targets and latency behavior for HTTP APIs. Its adoption has been strongest in the space between heavyweight test suites and commercial load-testing platforms: teams use it for quick pre-production checks, regression comparisons, and reproducible command-line benchmarks. ### How it is used Typical use is a pipeline such as emitting target lines, running `vegeta attack` with a rate and duration, then piping the encoded results to `vegeta report` or saving them for later plotting. More advanced users provide target files with methods, headers, and bodies, or use the Go library to generate traffic from test harnesses. Because Vegeta tries to sustain a specified rate, package users pay attention to concurrency and overload behavior: if the system under test slows down, the attacker may need more workers to keep the rate, which is useful for stress testing but can intensify an already overloaded target. ### Why package nerds care In package-manager terms, Vegeta is the sort of tool people install because it composes cleanly with shells, CI jobs, and simple HTTP fixtures. It is small, portable, and memorable enough that the binary name itself has become shorthand for a constant-RPS smoke test. ### Timeline - 2013: Vegeta appears publicly as an HTTP load-testing tool written in Go. - 2015: GitHub issue discussions show users pushing on overload detection and concurrency behavior, reflecting real operational use. - 2020s: Cloud-provider and community tutorials continue to present Vegeta as a lightweight CLI for API and service load testing. ### Related projects - Vegeta is often considered alongside ApacheBench, wrk, k6, JMeter, Locust, Gatling, and GoReplay. Its closest niche is the small reproducible CLI benchmark, especially when a constant request rate matters more than browser-like scenario scripting. ### 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:** vegeta - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - vegeta: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ve/vegeta/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - vegeta - 12.13.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: vegeta from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | HTTP load testing tool | https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta - zypper - vegeta - 12.13.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vegeta from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | HTTP load testing tool and library | https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta - MacPorts - vegeta: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/vegeta/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/vegeta: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/vegeta.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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. - [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. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cassowary](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cassowary/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, http, load-testing. - [goku](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/goku/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, http, load-testing. - [gor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, http, load-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. - [hey](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hey/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, http, load-testing, testing. - [k6](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/k6/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, load-testing, testing. - [xk6](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xk6/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, load-testing, testing. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/vegeta.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/vegeta.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