How to Build Your Own Grafana k6
Replace Grafana k6 with a custom build. The best developer experience for load testing
Build Difficulty: 5/5
Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
Estimated Timeline
Based on 20 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.
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Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 20 features
Testing(7 features)
Mix browser and API testing to interact with real browsers and collect frontend metrics for holistic user view
Inject faults in Kubernetes-based apps to recreate application errors and test resilience patterns
Simulate real global traffic patterns by running tests from 21 different load zones worldwide
Test how cloud-native systems scale, isolate bottlenecks, and plan infrastructure capacity
Test continuously to track changes in performance and reliability, preventing software regressions from reaching production
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API Testing(4 features)
Handle cookies in load tests for stateful application testing
Test GraphQL APIs with native support for GraphQL queries
Test gRPC services with built-in gRPC support
Test WebSocket connections for real-time applications
Execution(3 features)
Run distributed tests from the cloud across 21 global load zones
Deploy and run tests on Kubernetes clusters using kubectl
Run tests locally on your machines with k6 run command
Integration(2 features)
Integrate k6 tests with CI/CD pipelines to run tests automatically in build processes
Run k6 tests within Docker containers for containerized environments
Core Testing(1 features)
Verify that applications can handle the expected traffic with support for stress tests, spike tests, soak tests, and smoke tests
Development(1 features)
Write test scripts in JavaScript with built-in support for HTTP requests, checks, and sleeps
Metrics(1 features)
Define and track custom metrics for detailed performance insights
Monitoring(1 features)
Reuse k6 tests with Synthetic Monitoring to continuously verify production environments beyond traditional ping testing
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