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= Simple Web Benchmark :doctype: book :pp: {plus}{plus} :toc:

A simple web benchmark of C{pp}, Crystal, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, Rust and Scala.

== Results

Top performers:

image::./suite/results/result.svg[SVG Plot]

== Testing

The stats gathered by the https://github.com/rakyll/hey[hey] tool (please run it twice for the JIT optimizations where it's applicable):

hey -n 50000 -c 256 -t 10 "http://127.0.0.1:3000/" hey -n 50000 -c 256 -t 10 "http://127.0.0.1:3000/greeting/hello"

=== Using Docker

Build the image:

$ docker build suite/ -t simple-web-benchmark

Enter the shell in the image:

$docker run -it --rm -v$(pwd):/src --network="host" simple-web-benchmark

There is a run.sh that could be used to simlify Docker usage:

• ./run.sh build (build the image);
• ./run.sh shell (enter the shell in the image).

=== Automation

Please use the Rust program to run the tests automatically:

.... Usage: cargo run --manifest-path suite/Cargo.toml -- [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] ...

Arguments: ... Sets the languages to test ('all' for all)

Options: -o, --out [] Sets an image file to generate (PNG/SVG/TSV are supported) [default: result.svg] --verbose Enables the verbose output -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version

The following languages are supported: crystal, go, nodejs, php, python, rust_actix, rust_hyper_monoio, rust_hyper_tokio, rust_warp, scala. ....

And another program to get the versions of the languages:

$ cargo run --manifest-path suite/Cargo.toml --bin versions

The same run.sh is used to run those programs (but the commands should be run from within the Docker image shell):

• ./run.sh run (run all tests);
• ./run.sh versions (get the versions of the languages).

== Usage

=== Go

go run go/main.go go run go/main.go --port=8000

=== Crystal

Using https://crystal-lang.org/reference/installation/[Crystal]:

crystal run --release --no-debug crystal/server.cr crystal run --release --no-debug crystal/server.cr -- --port=8000

=== D

Uses https://trikko.github.io/serverino/[Serverino] and https://github.com/vibe-d/vibe-http[Vibe.D] frameworks:

dub run --root=d/serverino -b=release dub run --root=d/serverino -b=release -- --port=8000

dub run --root=d/vibed -b=release dub run --root=d/vibed -b=release -- --port=8000

=== Rust

Please install https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup.rs#working-with-nightly-rust[Nightly Rust].

Sample applications use https://crates.io/crates/monoio[monoio] runtime, https://hyper.rs[hyper] HTTP library, https://rocket.rs/[Rocket], https://crates.io/crates/tide[Tide], https://crates.io/crates/warp[warp] and https://actix.rs/[Actix] web frameworks:

cargo run --manifest-path rust/hyper-tokio/Cargo.toml --release cargo run --manifest-path rust/hyper-tokio/Cargo.toml --release -- --port=8000

cargo run --manifest-path rust/hyper-monoio/Cargo.toml --release cargo run --manifest-path rust/hyper-monoio/Cargo.toml --release -- --port=8000

cargo run --manifest-path rust/rocket/Cargo.toml --release cargo run --manifest-path rust/rocket/Cargo.toml --release -- --port=8000

cargo run --manifest-path rust/tide/Cargo.toml --release cargo run --manifest-path rust/tide/Cargo.toml --release -- --port=8000

cargo run --manifest-path rust/warp/Cargo.toml --release cargo run --manifest-path rust/warp/Cargo.toml --release -- --port=8000

cargo run --manifest-path rust/actix-web/Cargo.toml --release cargo run --manifest-path rust/actix-web/Cargo.toml --release -- --port=8000

=== Scala

Uses https://akka.io/[Akka] toolkit:

make -C scala clean run make PORT=8000 -C scala clean run

=== Node.js

node nodejs/main.js node nodejs/main.js --port=8000

=== PHP

Uses standalone web server and https://openswoole.com/[Open Swoole] extension:

php -q -S 127.0.0.1:3000 php/bare/main.php php -q -S 127.0.0.1:8000 php/bare/main.php

php -c php/swoole/php.ini php/swoole/main.php php -c php/swoole/php.ini php/swoole/main.php --port=8000

=== Python

Uses standalone web server and https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/[Twisted] engine:

python3 python/main.py python3 python/main.py --port=8000

pypy3 python/twist.py pypy3 python/twist.py --port=8000

Please note that CPython has the performance problems running as a standalone server, so we've used PyPy3. To install Twisted please use the pip module:

pypy3 -m ensurepip pypy3 -m pip install twisted

=== Java

Uses https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot[Sprint Boot] project:

make -C java clean run make PORT=8000 -C java clean run

=== C{pp}

Uses link:www.boost.org/libs/beast[Boost.Beast] library:

make -C cpp clean run make PORT=8000 -C cpp clean run

== Environment

CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) E-2324G, Mem: 16GB DDR4 3200MHz

Base Docker image: Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid

|=== | Language | Version

| Crystal | 1.17.1

| C{pp}/g{pp} | 14.2.0

| D/ldc2 | 1.41.0

| Go | go1.25.0

| Java | 24.0.2

| Node.js | v24.5.0

| PHP | 8.4.11

| PyPy | 7.3.20-final0 for Python 3.11.13

| Rust | 1.91.0-nightly

| Scala | 3.7.2

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