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Stress test a computer system in various selectable ways. Version 0.21.04 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-14. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install stress-ng.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install stress-ng

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install stress-ng

MacPorts ports tree · benchmarks/stress-ng/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add stress-ng

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · stress-ng · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install stress-ng

Debian stable package indexes · stress-ng · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install stress-ng

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · stress-ng · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#stress-ng

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/st/stress-ng/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S stress-ng

Arch Linux sync databases · stress-ng · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install stress-ng

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · stress-ng · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Stress test a computer system in various selectable ways

Commands and aliases

  • stress-ng

history

Project history and usage

stress-ng is a broad system stress and kernel-exercising CLI descended in spirit from the older `stress` utility but expanded into hundreds of targeted stressors for CPUs, memory, filesystems, kernel interfaces, and hardware behavior.

Project history

The in-tree Debian changelog records stress-ng 0.01.00 on 2013-10-15 as the initial version by Colin King. The upstream README describes stress-ng as the upstream project repository and says it was designed to exercise physical subsystems and operating-system kernel interfaces.

The project name means stress next generation, and the README now describes a large test surface: hundreds of stress tests, CPU-specific tests, virtual-memory tests, filesystem tests, and memory/cache tests. That growth changed it from a simple load generator into a toolkit for provoking kernel, platform, and hardware edge cases.

Adoption history

stress-ng is distributed across many Unix-like package managers in the supplied package facts, including apk, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, Ubuntu, and zypper. Its README also points Ubuntu users to a project PPA for recent versions.

Its official Ubuntu wiki page is maintained as a kernel reference and quick-start guide, which reflects how the tool moved from a standalone utility into common kernel, distro, and hardware validation workflows.

How it is used

Common package-manager usage is installing `stress-ng` and running one or more named stressors with a timeout, such as CPU matrix work, scheduler classes, memory pressure, filesystem operations, or perf/metrics reporting. The Ubuntu guide emphasizes caution because the tests can heat hardware and cause heavy thrashing.

The README warns that stress-ng can measure throughput rates but is not intended as a precise benchmark suite. In package culture, that distinction matters: it is for reproducing stress and finding failures, not for publishing synthetic leaderboard numbers.

Why package nerds care

stress-ng is beloved by system-package people because it is small to install, scriptable, broad in coverage, and useful immediately after a kernel, libc, compiler, VM, or hardware change.

For maintainers, it is also a packaging canary: if a platform port, sandbox, container, scheduler, filesystem, or architecture behaves oddly under stress-ng, there is probably a real bug worth chasing.

Timeline

  • 2013-10-15: In-tree Debian changelog records stress-ng 0.01.00 as the initial version.
  • 2015-06-05: GitHub repository metadata records public repository creation.
  • 2019: Ubuntu wiki reference guide documents typical stress-ng use cases for kernel and system testing.
  • 2026: README describes more than 380 stress tests and broad portability across Unix-like systems and related environments.

Related projects

  • `stress` is the older load-generation tool that stress-ng effectively supersedes for broader kernel and subsystem coverage.
  • Ubuntu kernel testing, Linux perf, containers, and distro build farms are natural neighboring workflows.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
stress-ngexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.21.04
manager updated2026-07-14
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:stress-ng
Version0.21.04
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Reference/stress-ng
Repositoryhttps://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng
Last updated2026-07-14T12:06:22Z
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

stress-ng 0.19.02-1

tool to load and stress a computer

https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng

sudo apt install stress-ng
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 19 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stress Ng
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: stress-ng from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

stress-ng

nix profile install nixpkgs#stress-ng
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stress Ng
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/stress-ng/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

stress-ng 0.17.06-1build1

tool to load and stress a computer

https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng

sudo apt install stress-ng
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 19 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stress Ng
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: stress-ng from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

stress-ng 0.21.04-r0

stress-ng will stress test a computer system in various selectable ways

https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng

sudo apk add stress-ng
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: stress-ng
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stress Ng
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: stress-ng from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

stress-ng-bash-completion 0.21.04-r0

Bash completions for stress-ng

https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng

sudo apk add stress-ng-bash-completion
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: stress-ng
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stress Ng
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: stress-ng-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

stress-ng-doc 0.21.04-r0

stress-ng will stress test a computer system in various selectable ways (documentation)

https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng

sudo apk add stress-ng-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: stress-ng
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stress Ng
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: stress-ng-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

stress-ng 0.21.04-1.fc45

Stress test a computer system in various ways

https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng

sudo dnf install stress-ng
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: stress-ng
  • 10 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stress Ng
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: stress-ng from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

stress-ng 0.21.04-2

Software to stress test a computer system in various selectable ways

https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng

sudo pacman -S stress-ng
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 10 dependencies
  • 5 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stress Ng
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: stress-ng from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

stress-ng 0.21.03-1.3

Tool to load and stress a computer

https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng

sudo zypper install stress-ng
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: System/Benchmark
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: stress-ng
  • 10 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stress Ng
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: stress-ng from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

stress-ng-bash-completion 0.21.03-1.3

Bash Completion for stress-ng

https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng

sudo zypper install stress-ng-bash-completion
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: System/Benchmark
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: stress-ng
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stress Ng
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: stress-ng-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

stress-ng

sudo port install stress-ng
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stress Ng
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: benchmarks/stress-ng/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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