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<h1 align="center"><img src="https://jmeter.apache.org/images/logo.svg" alt="Apache JMeter logo" /></h1>
<h4 align="center">Open Source application designed to load test applications and measure performance. By The Apache Software Foundation</h4>
<br>
An Open Source Java application designed to measure performance and load test applications.
By The Apache Software Foundation
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## What is it
## What Is It?
Apache JMeter may be used to test performance both on static and dynamic resources, Web dynamic applications.
It can be used to simulate a heavy load on a server, group of servers, network or object to test its strength or to analyze overall performance under different load types.
Apache JMeter can measure performance and load test static and dynamic web applications.
<img alt="JMeter screen" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/jmeter/master/xdocs/images/screenshots/jmeter_screen.png">
It can be used to simulate a heavy load on a server, group of servers,
network or object to test its strength or to analyze overall performance under different load types.
Apache JMeter features include:
![JMeter screen](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/jmeter/master/xdocs/images/screenshots/jmeter_screen.png)
Ability to load and performance test many different applications/server/protocol types:
## Features
Complete portability and 100% Java.
Multi-threading allows concurrent sampling by many threads and
simultaneous sampling of different functions by separate thread groups.
### Protocols
Ability to load and performance test many applications/server/protocol types:
- Web - HTTP, HTTPS (Java, NodeJS, PHP, ASP.NET,...)
- SOAP / REST Webservices
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- TCP
- Java Objects
Full featured Test IDE that allows fast Test Plan **recording (from Browsers or native applications), building and debugging.**
### IDE
[**Command-line mode (Non GUI / headless mode)**](http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/get-started.html#non_gui) to load test from any Java compatible OS (Linux, Windows, Mac OSX, ...)
Fully featured Test IDE that allows fast Test Plan **recording**
(from Browsers or native applications), **building** and **debugging**.
A complete and [**ready to present dynamic HTML report**](http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/generating-dashboard.html)
### Command Line
[Command-line mode (Non GUI / headless mode)](https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/get-started.html#non_gui)
to load test from any Java compatible OS (Linux, Windows, Mac OSX, ...)
### Reporting
A complete and ready to present [dynamic HTML report](https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/generating-dashboard.html)
![Dashboard screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/jmeter/master/xdocs/images/screenshots/dashboard/response_time_percentiles_over_time.png)
[**Live reporting**](http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/realtime-results.html) into 3rd party databases like InfluxDB or Graphite
[Live reporting](https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/realtime-results.html)
into 3rd party databases like InfluxDB or Graphite
![Live report](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/jmeter/master/xdocs/images/screenshots/grafana_dashboard.png)
Easy correlation through ability to extract data from most popular response formats, [**HTML**](http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#CSS/JQuery_Extractor), [**JSON**](http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#JSON_Extractor), [**XML**](http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#XPath_Extractor) or [**any textual format**](http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#Regular_Expression_Extractor)
### Correlation
Complete portability and 100% Java purity
Easy correlation through ability to extract data from most popular response formats,
[HTML](https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#CSS/JQuery_Extractor),
[JSON](https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#JSON_Extractor),
[XML](https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#XPath_Extractor) or
[any textual format](https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#Regular_Expression_Extractor)
Full multi-threading framework allows concurrent sampling by many threads
and simultaneous sampling of different functions by separate thread groups.
Caching and offline analysis/replaying of test results.
Highly Extensible core:
### Highly Extensible Core
- Pluggable Samplers allow unlimited testing capabilities.
- **Scriptable Samplers** (JSR223-compatible languages like Groovy)
- Several load statistics may be chosen with **pluggable tiers**.
- Data analysis and **visualization plugins** allow great exensibility and personalization.
- Functions can be used to provide dynamic input to a test orprovide data manipulation.
- Easy Continuous Integration through 3rd party Open Source libraries for Maven, Gradle and Jenkins
- **Scriptable Samplers** (JSR223-compatible languages like Groovy).
- Several load statistics can be chosen with **pluggable tiers**.
- Data analysis and **visualization plugins** allow great extensibility and personalization.
- Functions can be used to provide dynamic input to a test or provide data manipulation.
- Easy Continuous Integration via 3rd party Open Source libraries for Maven, Gradle and Jenkins.
## The Latest Version
Details of the latest version can be found on the [JMeter Apache
Project web site](https://jmeter.apache.org/)
Details of the latest version can be found on the
[JMeter Apache Project web site](https://jmeter.apache.org/)
## Requirements
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If required, these should be downloaded and placed in the lib directory
- JDBC - available from the database supplier
- JMS - available from the JMS provider
- [Bouncy Castle](http://www.bouncycastle.org/test_releases.html) -
- [Bouncy Castle](https://www.bouncycastle.org/) -
only needed for SMIME Assertion
- Java Compiler (*OPTIONAL*):
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## Reporting a bug/enhancement
See [Issue Tracking](https://jmeter.apache.org/issues.html)
See [Issue Tracking](https://jmeter.apache.org/issues.html).
## Build instructions
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_This is useful for testing what happens if the optional jars are not
downloaded by other JMeter users._
If you are behind a proxy, you can set a few build properties in `~/.gradle/gradle.properties` for gradle to use the proxy:
If you are behind a proxy, you can set a few build properties in
`~/.gradle/gradle.properties` for gradle to use the proxy:
```properties
systemProp.http.proxyHost=proxy.example.invalid
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JMeter is built using Gradle.
The following command would build and test JMeter:
The following command builds and tests JMeter:
```sh
./gradlew build [-Djava.awt.headless=true]
./gradlew build
```
The optional property definition is required if the system
does not have a suitable GUI display.
If the system does not have a GUI display then:
The output artifacts (jars, reports) are placed to `build` folders.
```sh
./gradlew build -Djava.awt.headless=true
```
The output artifacts (jars, reports) are placed in the `build` folder.
For instance, binary artifacts can be found under `src/dist/build/distributions`.
The following command would compile the application and enable you to run `jmeter` from the `bin`
directory. Note: it completely refreshes `lib/` contents, so it would remove clustom plugins
should you have them installed.
The following command would compile the application and enable you to run `jmeter`
from the `bin` directory. Note: it completely refreshes `lib/` contents,
so it would remove clustom plugins should you have them installed.
```sh
./gradlew createDist
```
Alternatively you could start GUI via
Alternatively you could get Gradle to start the GUI:
```sh
./gradlew runGui
```
## Developer information
## Developer Information
Building and contributing is explained in details at [building JMeter](https://jmeter.apache.org/building.html)
Building and contributing is explained in details at
[building JMeter](https://jmeter.apache.org/building.html)
and [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). More information on the tasks available for
building JMeter with Gradle is available in [gradle.md](gradle.md).
The code is maintained at GitHub:
The code can be obtained from:
- <https://github.com/apache/jmeter>
- <https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/jmeter.git>
- https://github.com/apache/jmeter`
- https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/jmeter.git
## Licensing and legal information
## Licensing and Legal Information
For legal and licensing information, please see the following files:
- [LICENSE](LICENSE)
- [NOTICE](NOTICE)
## Cryptographic Software Notice
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to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption
software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies
concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption
software, to see if this is permitted. See <http://www.wassenaar.org/>
software, to see if this is permitted. See <https://www.wassenaar.org/>
for more information.
The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and
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Apache JMeter does not include any implementation of JSSE or JCE.
## Thanks
**Thank you for using Apache JMeter.**