hyperfine

CLI

A command-line benchmarking tool.

Benchmark shell commands with statistical analysis

3 curated recipes · not yet executed by the harness#benchmark #performance #timing

Recipes

Curated from documentation and usage. Percentages are estimates, not measurements.

Benchmark a single command

~99% est.

hyperfine --warmup 3 'your-command'

Compare two commands

~98% est.

hyperfine 'rg pattern .' 'grep -r pattern .'

Export results as JSON

~98% est.

hyperfine --export-json results.json 'command'

Homebrewbrew install hyperfine

Cargocargo install hyperfine

When to use: Comparing command performance or measuring execution time
Quick examples: hyperfine 'sleep 0.3'
hyperfine --warmup 3 'grep -r TODO .' 'rg TODO .'

curl -s https://clihub.com/api/tools/hyperfine | jq '.agentHints.provenRecipes[] | {task, command, verified}'

Or call get_tool with slug hyperfine on the MCP server at https://clihub.com/mcp.

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