ali

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# ali\n[![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/nakabonne/ali.svg?color=orange)](https://github.com/nakabonne/ali/releases/latest)\n[![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/nakabonne/ali.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/nakabonne/ali)\n\nA load testing tool capable of performing real-time analysis, inspired by [vegeta](https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta) and [jplot](https://github.com/rs/jplot).\n\n![Screenshot](images/demo.gif)\n\n`ali` comes with an embedded terminal-based UI where you can plot the metrics in real-time, so lets you perform real-time analysis on the terminal.\n\n## Installation\n\nBinary releases are available through [here](https://github.com/nakabonne/ali/releases).\n\n**Via Homebrew**\n\n```bash\nbrew install nakabonne/ali/ali\n```\n\n**Via MacPorts**\n\n```bash\nsudo port selfupdate\nsudo port install ali\n```\n\n**Via APT**\n\n```bash\nwget https://github.com/nakabonne/ali/releases/download/v0.7.3/ali_0.7.3_linux_amd64.deb\napt install ./ali_0.7.3_linux_amd64.deb\n```\n\n**Via RPM**\n\n```bash\nrpm -ivh https://github.com/nakabonne/ali/releases/download/v0.7.3/ali_0.7.3_linux_amd64.rpm\n```\n\n**Via Pacman**\n\n```bash\npacman -S ali\n```\n\n**Via APK**\n\nAfter [enabling the community repo](https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Enable_Community_Repository):\n\n```bash\napk add ali\n```\n\n**Via Go**\n\nNote that you may have a problem because it downloads an untagged binary.\n```bash\ngo install github.com/nakabonne/ali@latest\n```\n\n**Via Docker**\n\n```bash\ndocker run --rm -it nakabonne/ali ali\n```\n\n## Usage\n### Quickstart\n\n```bash\nali http://host.xz\n```\nReplace `http://host.xz` with the target you want to issue the requests to.\nPress Enter when the UI appears, then the attack will be launched with default options (rate=50, duration=10s).\n\n### Options\n\n```\nali -h\nUsage:\n  ali [flags] \u003ctarget URL\u003e\n\nFlags:\n  -b, --body string                A request body to be sent.\n  -B, --body-file string           The path to file whose content will be set as the http request body.\n      --cacert ",
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