LibreSpeed
No Flash, No Java, No Websocket, No Bullshit.
This is a very lightweight speed test implemented in Javascript, using XMLHttpRequest and Web Workers.
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Compatibility
All modern browsers are supported: IE11, latest Edge, latest Chrome, latest Firefox, latest Safari.
Works with mobile versions too.
Features
- Download
- Upload
- Ping
- Jitter
- IP Address, ISP, distance from server (optional)
- Telemetry (optional)
- Results sharing (optional)
- Multiple Points of Test (optional)
Server requirements
- A reasonably fast web server with Apache 2 (nginx, IIS also supported)
- PHP 5.4 or newer (other backends also available)
- MariaDB or MySQL database to store test results (optional, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL and SQLite also supported)
- A fast! internet connection
Installation
Assuming you have PHP and a web server installed, the installation steps are quite simple.
- Download the source code and extract it
- Copy the following files to your web server\’s shared folder (ie. /var/www/html/speedtest for Apache): index.html, speedtest.js, speedtest_worker.js, favicon.ico and the backend folder
- Optionally, copy the results folder too, and set up the database using the config file in it.
- Be sure your permissions allow execute (755).
- Visit YOURSITE/speedtest/index.html and voila!
Installation Video
This video shows the installation process of a standalone LibreSpeed server: Quick start installation guide for Debian 12
More videos will be added later.
Android app
A template to build an Android client for your LibreSpeed installation is available here.
CLI client
A command line client is available here.
Docker
A docker image is available on GitHub, check our docker documentation for more info about it.
The image is built every week to include an updated version of the ipinfo-DB used for ISP detection. Also this ensures, that the latest security patches in PHP are installed. Therefore we recommend to use the latest image.
Go backend
A Go implementation is available in the speedtest-go repo, maintained by Maddie Zhan.
Rust backend
A Rust implementation is available in the speedtest-rust repo, maintained by Sudo Dios.
Node.js backend
A partial Node.js implementation is available in the node branch, developed by dunklesToast. It\’s not recommended to use at the moment.
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License
Copyright (C) 2016-2024 Federico Dossena
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with this program. If not, see https://www.*g**nu.org/licenses/lgpl.
