Locust
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Locust is the Pythonista's load tester — write user behavior as Python classes, hit start, and watch the real-time web dashboard show your server slowly dying. The name is perfect: you're unleashing a swarm of virtual locusts on your API. Distributed mode makes it scarier.
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