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Taurus

BlazeMeter

Load Testing Open Source Self-hosted

Frequently asked

Is it open source?

Yes. Taurus is listed as open source.

What protocols does it support?

Taurus supports HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket.

Is it cloud or self-hosted?

Taurus is listed as self-hosted.

Is it still maintained?

Taurus is listed as active.

Taurus provides YAML-based declarative configuration for tools such as JMeter, Gatling, and Selenium. It standardizes execution and reporting for local or CI environments.

About

Taurus is an open-source, automation-friendly framework for continuous performance and functional testing that extends and abstracts the functionality of leading testing tools. It serves as a convenience wrapper that hides the complexity of test configuration and execution.

Features

  • Unified YAML/JSON-based test configuration
  • Support for multiple executors, including JMeter, Gatling, Locust.io, Selenium, Playwright, K6, JUnit, NUnit, PyTest, and others
  • Command-line tool (bzt) for test execution
  • Automated performance and functional testing
  • Integration with BlazeMeter for interactive reporting and cloud-based execution
  • In-console real-time test statistics

Pricing

Free and open source under the Apache License 2.0.

Author / Company

BlazeMeter

AI features

  • Configuration linting
  • Pass/fail criteria management
  • JMX to YAML conversion
  • Proxy2JMX conversion
  • Swagger to YAML conversion
  • Resource monitoring
  • Cloud provisioning of test execution

Latest release

1.16.51 · 2026-06-15

Official GitHub releases page: https://github.com/Blazemeter/taurus/releases

GROUNDED VIA EXA · 2026-08-11

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