LoadLitmus

LoadLitmus is the dashboard we run our performance tests from. It wraps JMeter in a browser UI: pick a plan, set the load, press play, watch the log stream, and keep every run's results in one place per project. It runs on your own machine or a test server — no cloud, no database, all data stays local.

Important: this track is written against LoadLitmus 1.4.5 with JMeter 5.6.3, and covers the parts we use on real engagements. Everything in the Status table below was exercised on a live instance while writing; anything not exercised says so.

Status

Page	Status	Notes
1. What LoadLitmus Is	Reviewed	Conceptual page
2. Install and First Project	Partly validated	Dev install (python -m webapp) and project creation run on macOS. Windows installer and .deb not re-tested for this guide
2a. Getting Around	Validated	Every sidebar page captured from 1.4.5 with a demo project
3. Script Requirements	Validated	Every rule checked against six real project scripts and against LoadLitmus's own load reader
4. Running a Test	Validated	Four runs executed from the UI against a local stub app
5. Results and Monitoring	Partly validated	Results, reports and auto-analysis exercised. InfluxDB monitoring described from configuration, not run for this guide
6. Fleet and Distributed Runs	Not yet validated	Written from the app's behaviour and our past distributed projects; no fleet was provisioned while writing
Appendix. Starter Template	Validated	The template ships with this guide and was run end to end. Test Editor is beta with known bugs.

Basics

#	Topic	Description
1	What LoadLitmus Is	What it does, what it does not, and when to use it instead of plain JMeter
2	Install and First Project	Installing, the data folder, creating a project, ports and access
2a	Getting Around	A tour of the sidebar: what each page is for and where it is covered
3	Script Requirements	What a .jmx needs so the dashboard can drive it

Running Tests

#	Topic	Description
4	Running a Test	The Runner page, load, parameters, test data, stopping, CI
5	Results and Monitoring	Reading runs, reports, comparisons, live monitoring
6	Fleet and Distributed Runs	Slave machines, provisioning, distributing data

Appendix

	Topic	Description
	Starter Script Template	A ready-made .jmx skeleton built for LoadLitmus, with a download link

Where this sits

• Performance Testing Fundamentals — what to test and why.
• JMeter track — how to build the script. LoadLitmus runs the script; it does not replace learning JMeter.
• This track — how to run, store and report it as a team.