IoT or the Internet of Things is growing fast. With the increased adoption of IoT, it is essential that its reliability be verified. This can be done through IoT testing. Performance tests are essential to verify any bottlenecks in the system and also ensure scalability.

If you are working on an IoT system, then there are many open source tools available to carry out testing. You can use any of these tools and complete your test requirements. We list out some of the tools you can consider. Depending on your requirements, you could select any of these open source tools.

Open source tools for IoT testing

There are different tools available to test the IoT hardware as well as software. All these tools are open source.

1) Wireshark

This open source tool essentially is used to analyze network traffic. You can use it to monitor all traffic, including unicast. In functionality, it resembles tcpdump but comes with a graphical user interface making it easy to use. Another version of this tool is known as Tshark with similar features but without a GUI. The tool runs on most of the OS platforms.

2) Shodan

This tool helps you find out which devices are connected to the Internet. It is a useful tool in IoT to help you know the home devices that are accessible through the internet.

3) Thingful

This tool is a search engine for the IoT platform. You can use it to allow interoperability between various objects through the internet. As a testing tool, it helps control the use of data. You can use this tool to effectively take decisions.

4) SOASTA Cloud Test

There are four different test types that can be done using this tool. These tests help you carry out functionality tests and functional tests for mobile as well as web platforms. A key feature of this tool is that it can be used to simulate multiple users accessing a particular website. You can thus carry out a load test that is important. This test tool has analytics options. It offers a feature to help you integrate design of tests, monitoring, and test reporting.

5) Tcpdump

Similar to Wireshark, the tool does not have a graphical interface. It works on the command mode and you need to use the command line to operate it. You can use it to get details of packets received and sent over the internet.

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