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Open Source Load Tests in Just Two Lines of Python

Lars Holmberg • 2025-09-15

Locust 2.40 introduces the ability to run pytest modules as load tests, providing more compact/simpler syntax and seamless reuse of functional tests as load tests.

Announcing Locust Cloud Free Tier

Lars Holmberg • 2025-05-28

Get started with free load testing in minutes. No trial clocks. No hidden fees.

Performance Testing AI is Different: Cost, Tooling and Metrics

Lars Holmberg • 2025-04-24

AI load tests are often expensive to run, difficult to implement at the protocol level, and require tracking new metrics

Open Source Load Testing with Locust: 13 years, 60 million downloads later

Lars Holmberg • 2025-01-23

16 ways to improve your load test scenarios: Ensure the validity of your performance tests, avoid breaking stuff, and grow your tests over time with the right strategy

Lars Holmberg • 2024-11-07

Garbage In, Garbage Out: Your Load Test Results Are Only as Reliable as Your Test Environment

Lars Holmberg • 2024-09-22

Locusts and Honey Badgers - Closed vs Open Workload Models in Load Testing

Lars Holmberg • 2024-08-28

Smoke, stress, spike, soak, and recovery: 5 essential load test profiles

Lars Holmberg • 2024-08-14

An introduction to the goals of load testing and the role of a performance tester

Lars Holmberg • 2024-07-23

Welcome to locust.cloud!

Lars Holmberg • 2024-07-04