Welcome to the home of Flent

Screenshot of the interactive
  Flent GUI.

Flent is a network benchmarking tool which allows you to:

Flent is written in Python and wraps well-known network benchmarking tools (such as netperf and iperf) into aggregate, repeatable tests, such as a number of tests for Bufferbloat.

There's a short paper (pdf) and a blog post describing some of the design goals of Flent.

Getting started

Install Flent as per the instructions below, then see the Quick-start section to get going.

For more information, see the full documentation or search for specific content.

Installing Flent

Installing Flent can be done in several ways, depending on your operating system:

Get involved

Getting involved is easy: