PreScale

What it does

PreScale is an open-source command-line load tester. Point it at any URL, it ramps virtual users, finds the route that breaks first, and tells you in plain English why it failed and how to fix it. Local-first, deterministic, Apache-2.0.

PreScale load-tests your app, finds the route that breaks first, and tells you why and how to fix it. Then it checks every deploy, on every pull request, so capacity never drops without you knowing. Open-source CLI, Apache-2.0.

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