stress-ng

Install command: 
brew install stress-ng

Stress test a computer system in various selectable ways

https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/stress-ng.json

Formula code: stress-ng.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 0.22.02

Uses from macOS: libxcrypt

Binaries: stress-ng

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