k6 Load Testing CLI for JavaScript Performance Scenarios

k6 is a modern load testing tool for writing performance checks in JavaScript. It fits CI, developer testing, and observability workflows where repeatable load scenarios matter.

Prerequisites

Go, JavaScript runtime

Installation

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• Example script

• You can run scripts like this on the CLI, or in your CI, or across a Kubernetes cluster.

• Get Started. Install, run a test, inspect results.

• Source: https://github.com/grafana/k6

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/k6/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest/

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange