# Install bombardier with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, scoop Cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool. Version 2.0.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install bombardier. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:bombardier ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install bombardier ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install bombardier ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/bombardier/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install bombardier ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: bombardier from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install bombardier ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bombardier from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#bombardier ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bo/bombardier/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/bombardier ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bombardier.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:bombardier - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2.0.2 - **Source summary:** Cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T10:56:34+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - bombardier (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 2.0.2 ## Project history and usage bombardier is a Go-based HTTP(S) benchmarking command-line tool, positioned as a compact load generator for quick web-service performance checks. Its README emphasizes fasthttp as the default client for speed, with later support for Go's net/http client when HTTP/2 or stricter RFC behavior is needed. ### Project history The public repository history starts in May 2016 with an initial HTTP benchmarking implementation. Early tags moved quickly through v0.x releases in 2016, and the project later reached v1.x as a stable single-purpose benchmark utility. The README documents a notable v1.1-era change: users could choose the net/http client in addition to fasthttp, trading some raw performance for HTTP/2 support and more standard HTTP behavior. The v2.0 series appeared in 2025 after the project had already become a small but established package-manager staple. ### Adoption history bombardier spread primarily through developer package managers rather than a large framework ecosystem. The input package metadata lists Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, and Scoop coverage, which is typical for a practical CLI used by operators and backend developers on multiple platforms. ### How it is used The usual workflow is to run bombardier with a connection count, request count or duration, and URL, then inspect request rate, latency distribution, HTTP status counts, errors, and throughput. It fills the same quick-check niche as tools such as ab, wrk, and hey. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, bombardier is a good example of the Go single-binary CLI wave: small upstream, easy cross-platform packaging, and valuable enough to appear in many package indexes. Its fasthttp versus net/http switch also captures the classic benchmark-tool tension between maximum throughput and protocol fidelity. ### Timeline - 2016-05-29: Initial public commits for the HTTP benchmarking tool. - 2016-05-29: v0.1 tag appears in the Git repository. - 2016-10-26: v0.5 tag appears after several early 2016 releases. - 2020-10-15: v1.2.5 tag shows continued maintenance after the initial release period. - 2025-02-23: v2.0 and v2.0.1 tags appear. - 2025-03-04: v2.0.2 tag appears. ### Related projects - fasthttp is a central implementation dependency called out by the README. - Go's net/http client is the alternative client path documented for HTTP/2 and standards-sensitive tests. - Comparable HTTP benchmark CLIs include ApacheBench, wrk, and hey. ### Sources - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - bombardier - 0.8.3+nmu4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: bombardier from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | The GNU Bombing utility - Nix - bombardier: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bo/bombardier/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - bombardier - 0.8.3+nmu3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: bombardier from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | The GNU Bombing utility - dnf - bombardier - 0.8.8-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bombardier from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | The GNU Bombing utility | http://packages.debian.org/stable/source/bombardier - MacPorts - bombardier: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/bombardier/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/bombardier: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bombardier.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bombardier.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/bombardier.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph