Apache JMeter

Apache JMeter

Screenshot of Apache JMeter 5.0 with HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder element
Developer(s)	Apache Software Foundation
Stable release	5.6.3 / January 7, 2024; 10 months ago (2024-01-07)
Repository	github.com/apache/jmeter
Written in	Java
Type	Load testing
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	jmeter.apache.org

Apache JMeter is an Apache project that can be used as a load testing tool for analyzing and measuring the performance of a variety of services, with a focus on web applications.

JMeter can be used as a unit-test tool for JDBC database connections,^[1] FTP,^[2] LDAP,^[3] web services,^[4] JMS,^[5] HTTP,^[6] generic TCP connections and OS-native processes.^[7] One can also configure JMeter as a monitor,^[8] although this is typically used as a basic monitoring solution rather than advanced monitoring. It can be used for some functional testing as well.^[9] Additionally JMeter supports integration with Selenium, which allows it to run automation scripts alongside performance or load tests^[10]

JMeter supports variable parameterization, assertions (response validation), per-thread cookies, configuration variables and a variety of reports.

JMeter architecture is based on plugins. Most of its "out of the box" features are implemented with plugins

JMeter Plugins

JMeter Plugins is an independent project for Apache JMeter. Each plugin serves a different purpose while expediting the process of creating and executing JMeter Test Plan. Users can install plugins via the Plugin Manager.

Releases

Apache JMeter versions

Version	Release date	Description
1.0	1998-12-15	first official release
1.0.2	1999-02-05	earliest in archive
...	...
2.3RC3	2007-07-11
2.3RC4	2007-09-02
2.3	2007-09-24
2.3.1	2007-11-28
2.3.2	2008-06-10
2.3.3	2009-05-24
2.3.4	2009-06-21	Java 1.4+
2.4	2010-07-14	Java 5+
2.5	2011-08-17
2.5.1	2011-10-03
2.6	2012-02-01
2.7	2012-05-27
2.8	2012-10-06
2.9	2013-01-28	Java 6+
2.10	2013-10-21
2.11	2014-01-05
2.12	2014-11-10
2.13	2015-03-14
3.0	2016-05-17	Java 7+
3.1	2016-11-19
3.2	2017-04-13	Java 8
3.3	2017-09-21
4.0	2018-02-10	Java 8 / 9
5.0	2018-09-18	Java 8+
5.1	2019-02-19
5.1.1	2019-03-19
5.2	2019-11-03
5.2.1	2019-11-24
5.3	2020-05-15
5.4	2020-12-04
5.4.1	2021-01-22
5.4.2	2021-12-16
5.4.3	2021-12-24
5.5	2022-06-14
5.6	2023-06-23
5.6.1	2023-07-10
5.6.2	2023-07-11
5.6.3	2024-01-07

Source:^[11]

See also

• iMacros
• Performance engineering
• Selenium (software)
• Software performance testing
• Software testing
• Web server benchmarking

References

1. "Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building a Database Test Plan". jmeter.apache.org. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
2. "Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building an FTP Test Plan". Jmeter.apache.org. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
3. "Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building an LDAP Test Plan". Jmeter.apache.org. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
4. "Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building a WebService Test Plan". Jmeter.apache.org. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
5. "Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building a JMS (Java Messaging Service) Test Plan". Jmeter.apache.org. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
6. "Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building a Web Test Plan". Jmeter.apache.org. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
7. "Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Component Reference". jmeter.apache.org. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
8. "Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building a Monitor Test Plan". Jmeter.apache.org. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
9. "Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Introduction". Jmeter.apache.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
10. "Documentation :: JMeter-Plugins.org". jmeter-plugins.org. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
11. "JMeter's releases". ASF. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2015-04-05.

External links

• Example of JMeter Custom Plugins