# goadapp/goad

Goad is an AWS Lambda powered, highly distributed, load testing tool

Repository: https://github.com/goadapp/goad
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/goadapp-goad
Homepage: https://goad.io
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-04-23T18:16:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3876, "days_push": 2323, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1869, forks 182 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:46.617092+00:00)

## What it is
Goad is a highly distributed load testing tool written in Go that runs HTTP load tests from AWS Lambda across multiple regions simultaneously. It is invoked as a CLI from your machine using your own AWS credentials, and reports results broken down by region.

## Use cases
- load test a website from multiple AWS regions
- run distributed HTTP benchmarking cheaply with AWS Lambda
- measure how fast a site responds from around the world
- stress test an API with configurable concurrency and request counts
- export load test results as JSON

## When to choose
- you want geographically distributed load testing at very low cost via AWS Lambda
- you prefer a simple CLI similar to ab with region breakdowns
- you want to run tests in Docker instead of Lambda

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool - the last release was in 2020
- you cannot or do not want to use AWS credentials and Lambda
- you need protocols beyond simple HTTP requests
- you want a GUI-driven load testing suite

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: load-testing, benchmarking, http-client
- domain: developer-tools, testing, cloud-computing, performance
- platform: cli, cloud, cross-platform, go
- tags: aws-lambda, distributed-load-testing, serverless, go, docker

## Member repositories
- goadapp/goad (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:46.617092+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:15:12.307541+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/goadapp/goad (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:46.617092+00:00, sha 9a78fee30538)
  - homepage: https://goad.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:54:09.028656+00:00, sha 31843881daa9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.