HttpArena

HTTP framework benchmark platform.

16 test profiles. 64-core dedicated hardware. Same conditions for every framework.

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PR Commands

Tag @BennyFranciscus on your PR for help with implementation or benchmark questions.

Command	Action
/validate	Run the 18-point validation suite
/benchmark	Run all benchmark profiles
/benchmark baseline	Run a specific profile

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Test Profiles

Category	Profiles	Description
Connection	Baseline (512-32K), Pipelined, Limited	Performance scaling with connection count
Workload	JSON, Compression, Upload, Database	Serialization, gzip, I/O, queries
Resilience	Noisy, Mixed	Malformed requests, concurrent endpoints
Protocol	HTTP/2, HTTP/3, gRPC, WebSocket	Multi-protocol support

Run Locally

git clone https://github.com/MDA2AV/HttpArena.git
cd HttpArena

./scripts/validate.sh <framework>            # correctness check
./scripts/benchmark.sh <framework>           # all profiles
./scripts/benchmark.sh <framework> baseline  # specific profile
./scripts/benchmark.sh <framework> --save    # save results

Add a Framework

1. Create frameworks/<name>/Dockerfile
2. Implement the required endpoints
3. Add frameworks/<name>/meta.json
4. Open a PR — validation runs automatically

See any existing entry in frameworks/ for reference.

Hardware

• CPU: 64-core AMD Threadripper
• Dedicated hardware, no VMs, no noisy neighbors
• Load generator: gcannon (io_uring-based)

Contributing

• Add a framework
• Open an issue
• Comment on any open issue or PR