Locust is an open-source load-testing tool, designed to simulate user behavior for testing websites, APIs, and other applications. Developed by the Locust team, it is highly scalable, customizable, and suitable for distributed testing scenarios. Locust is widely used in performance testing, capacity planning, and stress testing.

• Uses Python for writing test scripts, offering great flexibility and customization.
• Provides a web-based user interface for controlling and monitoring tests.
• Supports distributed testing with multiple workers for large-scale testing.
• Enables simulation of real-world user behavior with HTTP/HTTPS requests.
• Compatible with various protocols and supports integration with other tools.

To check locust version run these command on your VM: $ sudo su
$ python3 -m venv locust-env
$ source locust-env/bin/activate
$ locust --version