# timescale/tsbs

Time Series Benchmark Suite, a tool for comparing and evaluating databases for time series data

Repository: https://github.com/timescale/tsbs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tsbs
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: benchmarking, timescaledb, cassandra, mongodb, influxdb, time-series
Last push: 2026-05-27T04:52:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2947, "days_push": 98, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1450, forks 349 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.761067+00:00)

## What it is
TSBS is a Go-based benchmark suite for generating time series datasets and measuring read/write performance across many time series databases such as TimescaleDB, InfluxDB, ClickHouse, MongoDB, and Cassandra. It ships as a collection of CLI programs supporting devops and IoT workload simulations.

## Use cases
- compare time series database performance
- benchmark write and query throughput of TimescaleDB vs InfluxDB
- generate synthetic devops metrics datasets
- simulate IoT sensor data ingestion workloads
- evaluate databases before choosing one for monitoring data
- load test ClickHouse or VictoriaMetrics with time series data

## When to choose
- you need reproducible, standardized benchmarks across multiple time series databases
- you are a DBA evaluating which TSDB fits your workload
- you want to benchmark a new time series database against established ones

## When to avoid
- you need general-purpose application load testing rather than database benchmarking
- your workload is not time series oriented
- you need a GUI-based benchmarking tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: benchmarking, data-generation, developer-tools
- domain: databases, time-series, developer-tools, iot, performance
- platform: go, cli, cross-platform
- tags: time-series-databases, load-testing, database-evaluation, devops-metrics, iot-simulation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- timescale/tsbs (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.761067+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 2026-08-30T04:35:57.738748+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/timescale/tsbs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.761067+00:00, sha c84cdee5b3ef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.