# Install weighttp with Homebrew Webserver benchmarking tool that supports multithreading. Version 0.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:weighttp ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install weighttp ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:weighttp - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.5 - **Source summary:** Webserver benchmarking tool that supports multithreading - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - weighttp (cli) - weighttp (alias) ## Dependencies - libev ## Build dependencies - meson - ninja - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.5 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/lighttpd/weighttp - Upstream latest detected: weighttp-0.5 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage weighttp is a small C command-line tool for benchmarking web servers. The Lighttpd-hosted project describes it as a lightweight benchmarker designed to be fast and easy to use, and the public repository positions the current code as a rewrite of the earlier weighttp by Thomas Porzelt. ### Project history The current public repository was created on GitHub in November 2011 as a collaboration mirror while pointing back to the Lighttpd infrastructure as the main home. Its README preserves the lineage explicitly: the rewrite is based on Thomas Porzelt's original weighttp and keeps the project in the Lighttpd orbit rather than presenting it as a general-purpose load-testing framework. The repository has stayed intentionally small. Its tags run from early 0.x releases through weighttp-0.5, and the README's build section is essentially just autotools or Meson followed by the single `weighttp` executable. That matches the tool's niche: a compact benchmark program rather than a suite. ### How it is used weighttp is used from the shell to generate concurrent HTTP requests against a URL and measure server behavior. In package-nerd terms it sits near older tools such as ApacheBench and newer evented benchmarkers such as wrk, but its distinguishing idea is being a tiny multithreaded benchmarker associated with the Lighttpd performance-testing ecosystem. ### Why package nerds care Its significance is narrow but real: weighttp is one of those small benchmarking binaries that distribution users install when they want a quick repeatable web-server stress test without adopting a larger load-testing stack. ### 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:** weighttp - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [meson](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/meson/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [http_load](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/http-load/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance-testing, web-server. - [httperf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/httperf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance-testing, web-server. - [ghz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghz/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance-testing. - [ghz-web](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghz-web/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance-testing. - [bench](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bench/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance. - [hyperfine](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hyperfine/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance. - [jmeter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jmeter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, performance-testing. - [multitime](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/multitime/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/weighttp.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/weighttp.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph