Awesome k6

Website: https://github.com/grafana/awesome-k6#readme
Category: Themed directories
Tags: awesome-lists, testing, developer-tools

Description

Awesome k6 is a curated collection of learning resources, tools, integrations, and example projects for k6, the open‑source performance testing tool by Grafana. It aggregates community and official content to help developers and testers design, run, and scale load and performance tests with k6.

Features

Learning Resources

• k6 Learn – Explains core principles of load testing and provides practical, hands-on examples using k6.
• k6 OSS workshop – A 2–3 hour workshop with practical k6 examples built around the QuickPizza demo application.
• Beginner's guide to load testing with k6 – Multi-part introductory series that walks through the basics of performance testing and getting started with k6.
• Best practices for organizing performance testing with k6 (Part 1) – Guidance on structuring and scaling k6 performance testing across multiple teams and projects.
• Best practices Part 2 – JavaScript tools, shared libraries, and TypeScript – Shows how to set up a k6 performance testing suite using JavaScript tooling, shared libraries, and TypeScript.

Talks, Articles, and Deep Dives

• Distributed load testing with k6 – Conference talk on running distributed load tests with k6 (ConFoo Montreal 2023).
• Load Testing with k6 – Overview of the main features and capabilities of k6 for QA and performance engineers.
• Open source load testing tool review 2020 – Comparison of k6 with other popular open source load testing tools.
• Load testing with k6 (general article) – Demonstrates how to use k6 for various types of tests: load, soak, stress, spike, and smoke testing.
• How to write three times fewer lines of code when doing load testing – Shows how to create a k6 extension in Go (example with Tarantool) to simplify and reduce test code.

Integrations & Ecosystem

• InfluxDB + Grafana visualization – Guide to running k6 tests and visualizing results in Grafana dashboards backed by InfluxDB.
• Swagger/OpenAPI – How to generate k6 load testing scripts directly from OpenAPI specifications.
• Postman – Using Postman collections as a basis for API load testing with k6.
• SQL databases (xk6-sql) – Using the xk6-sql extension to load test SQL databases directly from k6.
• TestRail integration – Reporting k6 test results to TestRail for test management.
• Docker Compose setup – Running k6, InfluxDB, and Grafana together via Docker Compose for a complete load testing and observability stack.
• Azure DevOps integration – Setting up automated k6 load tests in Azure DevOps, including handleCallback/JUnit-based reporting.
• Custom Slack integration – Sending k6 result summaries to Slack using the handleSummary callback.
• TypeScript + Azure DevOps – Example of combining TypeScript-based k6 scripting with Azure DevOps pipelines for load testing.

Use Cases & Case Studies

• Black Friday capacity planning – Real-world example of preparing for high-traffic events (Black Friday) using k6-based load testing.

Pricing

Awesome k6 is a GitHub-based curated list of open-source and community resources. Access to the list itself is free. Individual linked tools or services may have their own pricing, which is not defined within Awesome k6.