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probelabs/goreplay

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19,288GoAudience · ops devopsComplexity · 3/5Setup · moderate

TLDR

A Go tool that passively records live HTTP traffic from your production server and replays it against a staging environment, so you can validate deployments with real user traffic patterns and zero production risk.

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    What It Does
      Records live traffic
      Replays HTTP requests
      Passive monitoring
      Zero production risk
    Key Benefits
      Real traffic patterns
      Deployment validation
      Load testing
      Regression testing
    Tech Stack
      Go
      GoReplay PRO extension
    Audience
      DevOps engineers
      Backend developers
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Replay real production traffic against a new release on staging to catch bugs before going fully live

USE CASE 2

Stress-test a service under genuine user load patterns without writing synthetic benchmarks

USE CASE 3

Validate that an infrastructure or configuration change does not break request handling

USE CASE 4

Capture a traffic snapshot from production to replay repeatedly for regression testing

What is it built with?

Go

How does it compare?

probelabs/goreplaytecharohq/anubisbettercap/bettercap
Stars19,28819,30019,198
LanguageGoGoGo
Setup difficultymoderateeasymoderate
Complexity3/53/54/5
Audienceops devopspm founderops devops

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Must be run on the same machine as the production server to listen on its network interface, requires root or appropriate network permissions.

In plain English

GoReplay is an open-source tool written in Go that solves a common testing headache: how do you test your application with realistic traffic without disrupting real users? Instead of writing synthetic tests that may not reflect what actual users do, GoReplay quietly listens in the background on your server's network interface, records all live HTTP traffic, and replays it against a test or staging environment. No changes to your production setup are required, it runs alongside your service on the same machine. This makes it extremely useful for verifying deployments before they go fully live, checking that infrastructure or configuration changes won't break anything, and stress-testing under real-world load patterns. Because it listens passively rather than sitting in the middle of your traffic flow, there is zero risk of it slowing down or breaking production requests. You would reach for GoReplay when you want high confidence that a new release won't surprise you, using genuine traffic rather than guesses about what users will do. A paid GoReplay PRO extension adds support for binary protocols, cloud storage replays, and TCP session replication for teams with more advanced needs.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me the GoReplay command to listen on port 8080 and replay all captured traffic to my staging server at http://staging.myapp.com
Prompt 2
How do I use GoReplay to replay traffic at 2x speed so I can stress-test my staging server faster than real traffic arrives?
Prompt 3
Set up GoReplay to record HTTP traffic to a file during a peak traffic window and replay it later for load testing
Prompt 4
How do I filter GoReplay to only replay requests to a specific URL path like /api/checkout to my test environment?
Prompt 5
Walk me through using GoReplay to compare responses between my old and new API version to detect any behavioral differences

Frequently asked questions

What is goreplay?

A Go tool that passively records live HTTP traffic from your production server and replays it against a staging environment, so you can validate deployments with real user traffic patterns and zero production risk.

What language is goreplay written in?

Mainly Go. The stack also includes Go.

How hard is goreplay to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is goreplay for?

Mainly ops devops.

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