{"adoption": {"forks": 1303, "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "stars": 20242}, "canonical_url": "https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hey", "card": {"archived": false, "artifact_type": "cli-tool", "description": "HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement", "domain": ["developer-tools", "web-development", "performance"], "enriched": true, "function": ["load-testing", "http-client", "benchmarking"], "health_score": 74, "homepage": null, "language": "Go", "license": "Apache-2.0", "license_family": "permissive", "maturity": "stable", "member_repos": ["rakyll/hey", "rakyll/boom"], "name": "hey", "platform": ["windows", "cli", "cross-platform"], "pushed_at": "2026-01-10T20:54:51+00:00", "repo": "rakyll/hey", "stars": 20242, "tags": ["http-load-generator", "apachebench-replacement", "stress-testing", "go", "command-line", "linux", "macos"], "topics": [], "urls": [], "use_cases": ["load test a web endpoint with concurrent requests", "benchmark api response times", "replace apachebench ab for http load testing", "run a 30 second stress test against my server", "send POST requests with custom bodies and headers to measure throughput", "generate load with a fixed queries-per-second rate limit", "export load test metrics to csv"], "what_it_is": "hey is a small command-line HTTP load generator written in Go, originally named boom and designed as a replacement for ApacheBench (ab). It sends a configurable number of concurrent requests to a web application and prints latency and throughput statistics, with support for HTTP/2, custom headers, methods, bodies, and CSV output.", "when_to_avoid": ["you need distributed load generation from multiple machines", "you require complex scenario scripting, assertions, or browser-level testing", "you need non-HTTP protocols like gRPC, WebSocket, or TCP load tests"], "when_to_choose": ["you need a quick, single-binary CLI load generator without scripting", "you want an ApacheBench alternative with HTTP/2 and rate limiting support", "you need simple latency/throughput stats or CSV output for an HTTP endpoint"]}, "data_as_of": "2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00", "members": [{"path": "/repos/rakyll/hey", "repo": "rakyll/hey", "role": "main", "score": 59}, {"path": "/repos/rakyll/boom", "repo": "rakyll/boom", "role": "mirror", "score": 10}], "provenance": {"archived": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "source": "github"}, "artifact_type": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T16:59:18.982809+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "90b9f1ec4d34b117b01785956951cc3899f4dad8230f22c213e0cd343b21fdc3", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/rakyll/hey"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "description": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "source": "github"}, "domain": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T16:59:18.982809+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "90b9f1ec4d34b117b01785956951cc3899f4dad8230f22c213e0cd343b21fdc3", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/rakyll/hey"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "enriched": {"inputs": [], "kind": "computed", "method": "enrichment_status"}, "function": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T16:59:18.982809+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "90b9f1ec4d34b117b01785956951cc3899f4dad8230f22c213e0cd343b21fdc3", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/rakyll/hey"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "health_score": {"inputs": ["days_since_push", "days_since_release", "archived"], "kind": "computed", "method": "health_v1"}, "homepage": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "source": "github"}, "language": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license_family": {"inputs": ["license"], "kind": "computed", "method": "license_family"}, "maturity": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T16:59:18.982809+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "90b9f1ec4d34b117b01785956951cc3899f4dad8230f22c213e0cd343b21fdc3", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/rakyll/hey"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "member_repos": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "source": "github"}, "name": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "source": "github"}, "platform": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T16:59:18.982809+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "90b9f1ec4d34b117b01785956951cc3899f4dad8230f22c213e0cd343b21fdc3", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/rakyll/hey"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "pushed_at": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "source": "github"}, "repo": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "source": "github"}, "stars": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "source": "github"}, "tags": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T16:59:18.982809+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "90b9f1ec4d34b117b01785956951cc3899f4dad8230f22c213e0cd343b21fdc3", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/rakyll/hey"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "topics": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "source": "github"}, "urls": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "source": "github"}, "use_cases": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T16:59:18.982809+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "90b9f1ec4d34b117b01785956951cc3899f4dad8230f22c213e0cd343b21fdc3", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/rakyll/hey"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "what_it_is": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T16:59:18.982809+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "90b9f1ec4d34b117b01785956951cc3899f4dad8230f22c213e0cd343b21fdc3", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/rakyll/hey"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_avoid": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T16:59:18.982809+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "90b9f1ec4d34b117b01785956951cc3899f4dad8230f22c213e0cd343b21fdc3", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/rakyll/hey"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_choose": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T16:59:18.982809+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "90b9f1ec4d34b117b01785956951cc3899f4dad8230f22c213e0cd343b21fdc3", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:11:29.832132+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/rakyll/hey"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}}, "score": {"components": {"activity": 61, "longevity": 100, "rhythm": 33}, "computed_at": "2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00", "flags": [], "formula": "round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)", "inputs": {"age_days": 3652, "days_push": 235, "days_rel": 235, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}, "score": 59, "version": 2}, "staleness": {"enrichment_outdated": false, "low_confidence": false, "scrape_days": 9, "stale_scrape": false}}