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vamsiikrishna/vex
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A small app that sends some load to a web application.

137396[1 issues](https://github.com/vamsiikrishna/vex/issues)1PHP

Since Apr 16Pushed 1y ago6 watchersCompare

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vex is a small PHP app that sends some load to a web application

[![vex - PHP based HTTP load generator](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8e0f91a6068b6462f362e77438cbbcba2143084f2083e1ab9350acfcdc96fc98/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f506174383055312e676966 "vex - PHP HTTP Load Generator")](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8e0f91a6068b6462f362e77438cbbcba2143084f2083e1ab9350acfcdc96fc98/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f506174383055312e676966)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Download the latest release from GitHub [Releases](https://github.com/vamsiikrishna/vex/releases).

Or require globally using Composer with `composer global require vamsiikrishna/vex`. This will automatically add the `vex` binary to your path.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Usage:
`vex [options] [--]  [] []`

Arguments:

```
  url                      The URL to which the requests should be sent
  n                        Number of requests to be made [default: 1]
  c                        Concurrency [default: 1]

```

Options:

```
  -m, --method[=METHOD]    HTTP Method [default: "GET"]
  -H, --headers[=HEADERS]  Headers (multiple values allowed)
  -d, --body[=BODY]        Request body

```

Example:

- 1000 Get requests with 10 concurrency to `http://127.0.0.1:8000`

`./vex.phar vex http://127.0.0.1:8000 1000 10`

- 1000 POST requests with 10 concurrency to `http://127.0.0.1:8000` with custom headers and body

```
./vex.phar vex http://127.0.0.1:8000 1000 10 \
-m "POST" \
-H "accept:application/json, text/plain, */*" \
-H "accept-language:en-IN,en-GB;q=0.8,en-US;q=0.6,en;q=0.4" \
-d "{\"message\": \"Hello world! Your JustAPIs instance is running correctly.\"}"

```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance34

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity17

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 82.6% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/245687ce04d17f7cf9a54ad22d41d5107cf78e5207c4774eb5f0af65a432d7a3?d=identicon)[vamsiikrishna](/maintainers/vamsiikrishna)

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Top Contributors

[![vamsiikrishna](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/554887?v=4)](https://github.com/vamsiikrishna "vamsiikrishna (19 commits)")[![owenvoke](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1899334?v=4)](https://github.com/owenvoke "owenvoke (4 commits)")

---

Tags

http-requestsload-testing

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