# Straden

> Straden is a free, open-source, self-hosted load testing platform built on k6. It gives teams a web UI for organising load tests, AI agents that write and fix k6 scripts, live run monitoring, AI-generated performance reports, observability connectors (Prometheus, Postgres, MySQL, Redis, GitHub) and an MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and other AI assistants. It ships as a single Docker image.

- Source code: https://github.com/kwasii1/straden
- Docker image: ghcr.io/kwasii1/straden
- Full documentation in one file: https://straden.baidoo.dev/llms-full.txt

## Introduction

- [Getting Started](https://straden.baidoo.dev/docs/getting-started.md): Core concepts and your first load test in under a minute.
- [Architecture](https://straden.baidoo.dev/docs/architecture.md): Services, the life of a run, background jobs and realtime channels.

## Guides

- [Projects, Tests & Scripts](https://straden.baidoo.dev/docs/projects-and-tests.md): The dashboard, projects, tests, connectors and the Monaco script editor.
- [Writing k6 Scripts](https://straden.baidoo.dev/docs/k6-scripting.md): Script structure, TARGET_URL, scenarios, thresholds and lifecycle hooks.
- [Runs & Insights](https://straden.baidoo.dev/docs/runs-and-insights.md): Run statuses, the live run page, logs and AI-generated performance reports.
- [AI Agents](https://straden.baidoo.dev/docs/agent-configuration.md): Configure AI providers and learn what the Test, Script and Run Insight agents do.

## Integrations

- [Connectors](https://straden.baidoo.dev/docs/integrations.md): Git providers and observability connectors for Prometheus, databases and Redis.
- [MCP Server](https://straden.baidoo.dev/docs/mcp-server.md): Drive Straden from Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client.

## Operations

- [Self-hosting](https://straden.baidoo.dev/docs/docker-deployment.md): Deploy with Docker Compose: HTTPS, environment, admin accounts, backups and upgrades.
- [Users & Security](https://straden.baidoo.dev/docs/users-and-security.md): Setup wizard, roles, user management, 2FA, passkeys and API tokens.
- [Local Development](https://straden.baidoo.dev/docs/local-development.md): Run Straden from source, run the test suite and build the image.

## Optional

- [Architecture overview](https://straden.baidoo.dev/about): Interactive diagram of the services behind a run