hyperfine
by sharkdp
Hyperfine is a command-line tool that times how long programs or shell commands take to run. It repeats each command several times and gives statistics, so you can compare the speed of different tools or versions.
- Stars
- 29.2k +8 a day
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Easy
- Language
- Rust
- Age
- 3211 days
What you can do with it
- Compare how fast two or more commands or programs run against each other
- Test how a program's speed changes with a setting, such as the number of threads
- Export benchmark results to CSV, JSON or Markdown for reports or tracking
Make money with it
A freelance developer could offer performance audits, using benchmark results to show clients which parts of their software are slow and how much a fix improved them.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Check whether a code change or a different tool makes your software faster before you ship it
- Pick the quicker of two tools or scripts for a build or data job, which can cut computing time and cost
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
The README excerpt does not cover installation, but it is a single Rust command-line program that you run from a terminal as `hyperfine <command>`.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Checked 29 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
