A powerful terminal-based HTTP testing and stress testing tool with automated data generation capabilities.

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Features

• GET and POST Requests - Simple and intuitive HTTP request handling
• Random Data Generation - Built-in template system with powerful placeholders
• Loop Mode - Automated stress testing with configurable intervals
• JSON Pretty Printing - Automatic response formatting for readability
• Custom Headers - Full control over request headers
• Template Files - Load complex request bodies from external files

Quick Start

Installation

From AUR (Arch Linux)

yay -S tabby-cli

Go (latest)

go install github.com/nhdfr/tabby@latest

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/nhdfr/tabby
cd tabby
go build -o tabby

Basic Usage

# GET request
tabby get https://api.example.com/users

# POST request with data
tabby post https://api.example.com/users -d '{"name":"John","email":"john@example.com"}'

# POST with random data generation
tabby post https://api.example.com/users -d '{"name":"{{name}}","email":"{{email}}"}'

# Stress testing with loop mode
tabby post https://api.example.com/users -d '{"name":"{{name}}"}' --loop --count 100 --interval 100ms

Documentation

For comprehensive documentation, guides, and examples, visit the official documentation site:

https://tabby.nhdfr.com

The documentation covers:

• Installation Guide - Multiple installation methods and requirements
• GET Requests - Making GET requests with Tabby
• POST Requests - POST requests with headers and body data
• Templates - All available placeholders for data generation
• Loop Mode - Stress testing and automated request loops

Available Placeholders

Tabby supports a variety of placeholders for generating random data:

Placeholder	Description
{{name}}	Random full name
{{firstname}}	Random first name
{{lastname}}	Random last name
{{email}}	Random email address
{{phone}}	Random phone number
{{number:min:max}}	Random number in range
{{float}}	Random floating number
{{uuid}}	Random UUID v4
{{bool}}	Random boolean
{{date}}	Random date
{{text}}	Random paragraph
{{price}}	Random price

For a complete list of placeholders and usage examples, see the Templates documentation.

License

This project is licensed under the AGPL-3.0 License. See the LICENSE file for details.