Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Goku

goku is an http load testing application written in rust

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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   Goku — Rust-Powered HTTP Load Tester▲3

   Rust-powered HTTP load tester with MCP support for AI agents

   Jun 2026 · goku.observabilityinsight.com · its alternatives →

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   kuku▲539

   Your open-source, local second brain for every AI

   Jan 2026 · kuku.mom · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Porter▲415

   Heroku that runs in your own cloud

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Porter 2.0▲206

   Heroku that runs in your own cloud (AWS/GCP/DO)

   2021 · porter.run · its alternatives →

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   Flynn▲318

   Open source Heroku on your own servers

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Rocket – Web Framework for Rustfree▲484

   2016 · rocket.rs · its alternatives →

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   a Rust library for creating hierarchical state machines▲38

   I've come to prefer modeling state machines with nested states, but implementing them by hand requires a large amount of error-prone boilerplate that obscures the important logic of the state machine. I found that the existing offerings in the Rust ecosystem - while inspiring - lacked a number of features that I was looking for, so I spent the last few months building moku. Feedback is welcome!

   2025 · docs.rs · its alternatives →

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   I built a native app for coding agents with Rust and GPUI▲39

   A fast, native app for local coding agents. Amp, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Grok, and Pi — one timeline, entirely on your machine.

   Aug 2026 · waku.sh · its alternatives →

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   Gonzo – A Go-based TUI for log analysis (OpenTelemetry/OTLP support)▲74

   We built Gonzo to make log analysis faster and friendlier in the terminal. Think of it like k9s for logs — a TUI that can ingest JSON, text, or OpenTelemetry (OTLP) logs, highlight and boil up patterns, and even run AI models locally or via API to summarize logs. We’re still iterating, so ideas and contributions are welcome!

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Goka – distributed stream processing library for Kafka written in Go▲105

    Goka is a compact yet powerful distributed stream processing library for Apache Kafka written in Go. - lovoo/goka

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PgDog – Scale Postgres without changing the app▲326

    Hey HN! Lev and Justin here, authors of PgDog (https://pgdog.dev/), a connection pooler, load balancer and database sharder for PostgreSQL. If you build apps with a lot of traffic, you know the first thing to break is the database. We are solving this with a network proxy that works without requiring application code changes or database migrations. Our post from last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44099187 The most important update: we are in production. Sharding is used a lot, with direct-to-shard queries (one shard per query) working pretty much…

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I rendered the Go gopher using Go▲287

    A path tracer written in Go. Contribute to fogleman/pt development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Turboku▲95

    Make your Heroku web dynos 60% faster with fly.io

    2020 · fly.io · its alternatives →

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    Goku AI▲10

    Goku AI New Text to Video Model

    2025 · goku-ai.net · its alternatives →

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    Dokku▲90

    Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Heroku Alternative for Python/Django apps▲183

    Deploy Django on a cloud server you own. Appliku manages the server, and its CLI and agent skill let your AI coding agent deploy and diagnose your app.

    2021 · appliku.com · its alternatives →

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    Godb is a simple Go ORM for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and SQL Server▲205

    A Go SQL query builder and struct mapper. Contribute to samonzeweb/godb development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    K6 – developer-centric load testing using Go and JavaScript▲101

    k6 is an open-source tool and cloud service that makes load testing easy for developers and QA engineers.

    2017 · k6.io · its alternatives →

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    Goku AI▲13

    Free, high-quality video generation.

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    heroku.json, our Sunday hack project▲74

    Setting up Heroku apps made easy. Contribute to rainforestapp/heroku.json development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Piku, a Micro-PaaS for ARM and x86▲19

    The tiniest PaaS you've ever seen. Piku allows you to do git push deployments to your own servers. - piku/piku

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MCP-stama – An ultra-fast Rust MCP server with no dependencies▲73

    An ultra-fast, single-binary MCP server written in Rust as a lightweight alternative to Node.js/Python. - StamManif/mcp-stama

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Alloy▲88

    Boilerplate for building web applications with Go (golang)

    2017 · growthmetrics.io · its alternatives →

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    Maki▲84

    An efficient AI coding agent. Native Rust TUI. Immediate startup, 60 FPS, low memory. Indexes files instead of reading them, chains tools in a sandbox interpreter. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Z.AI, OpenRouter, Synthetic, or any OpenAI / Anthropic compatible API.

    2022 · maki.sh · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →