Installation

Linux

Debian/Ubuntu

$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 379CE192D401AB61
$ echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/loadimpact/deb stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install k6

⚠️ If you are behind a firewall or proxy

There have been reports of users being unable to download the key from Ubuntu's key-server using apt-key command due to firewalls or proxies blocking their requests. If you experience this issue, you may try this alternative approach instead:

$ wget -q -O - https://bintray.com/user/downloadSubjectPublicKey?username=bintray | sudo apt-key add -

Copy

Red Hat/CentOS

$ wget https://bintray.com/loadimpact/rpm/rpm -O bintray-loadimpact-rpm.repo
$ sudo mv bintray-loadimpact-rpm.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/
$ sudo yum install k6

Mac (brew)

$ brew install k6

Windows (MSI installer)

Download the k6 installer from here

Binaries

Grab a prebuilt binary from our Releases page. Install the binary in your PATH to run k6 from any location.

Docker

$ docker pull loadimpact/k6