A Chaos Engineering Platform for Kubernetes.
Pod, network, I/O, time and kernel faults on Kubernetes, with workflows and a dashboard.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 7.9k
- Latest
- v2.8.4
- Last push
- 2026-10-03
alternatives to
Gremlin
Hosted chaos engineering service that injects failures into hosts, containers and Kubernetes through an agent. A closed product from Gremlin.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaos Mesh | Full replacement | 7.9k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v2.8.4 | 2026-10-03 |
| ChaosBlade | Full replacement | 6.5k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Python | v1.8.1 | 2026-10-05 |
| LitmusChaos | Full replacement | 5.7k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | 3.32.0 | 2026-09-30 |
| Pumba | Partial | 3.2k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | 1.2.1 | 2026-09-25 |
| Chaos Toolkit | Partial | 2k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Python | 1.21.4 | 2026-10-05 |
Every alternative
5 alternatives
An easy to use and powerful chaos engineering experiment toolkit.（阿里巴巴开源的一款简单易用、功能强大的混沌实验注入工具）
CPU, memory, disk, network, process and JVM faults on hosts, containers and Kubernetes.
- Language
- Python
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 6.5k
- Latest
- v1.8.1
- Last push
- 2026-10-05
Litmus helps SREs and developers practice chaos engineering in a Cloud-native way. Chaos experiments are published at the ChaosHub (https://hub.litmuschaos.io). Community notes is at https://hackmd.io/a4Zu_sH4TZGeih-xCimi3Q
Chaos experiments from a hub, scheduled and observed from a control plane, on Kubernetes and hosts.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 5.7k
- Latest
- 3.32.0
- Last push
- 2026-09-30
Chaos testing, network emulation, and stress testing tool for containers
Kills, pauses and degrades the network of Docker containers from a CLI.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 3.2k
- Latest
- 1.2.1
- Last push
- 2026-09-25
Chaos Engineering Toolkit & Orchestration for Developers
Experiments declared in JSON or YAML and run from a CLI, with drivers for clouds and Kubernetes, without an agent or UI.
- Language
- Python
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 2k
- Latest
- 1.21.4
- Last push
- 2026-10-05
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