# Chaos Mesh vs LitmusChaos

| Attribute | Chaos Mesh | LitmusChaos |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 49.6 (58% (medium)) | 47.6 (61% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 19 | 11 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 95 | 4 |
| adoption.github_stars | 7,857 | 5,602 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Chaos Mesh enables controlled fault injection within Kubernetes environments to simulate real-world failures and identify system vulnerabilities. It provides orchestrated scenarios across development, testing, and production environments with a user-friendly dashboard and comprehensive fault types. | A CNCF-hosted, cloud-native platform that enables teams to practice chaos engineering by running controlled experiments on their infrastructure and applications to discover vulnerabilities and improve resilience. |
| integrations.count | - | 4 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"GCP"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://chaos-mesh.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:47:49.021Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source (no licensing cost)","sourceUrl":"https://litmuschaos.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:56:12.008Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| release.cadence_days | 69 | 30 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.8.4","date":"2026-08-18T07:27:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.8.3","date":"2026-06-10T03:37:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.8.2","date":"2026-03-25T03:30:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.8.1","date":"2025-12-26T00:27:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.8.0","date":"2025-09-30T22:28:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.7.3","date":"2025-08-21T04:19:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.7.2","date":"2025-05-15T07:50:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.6.7","date":"2025-05-15T07:55:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.7.1","date":"2025-03-04T02:27:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.6.6","date":"2025-03-04T02:44:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.7.0","date":"2024-09-20T07:47:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.6.5","date":"2024-09-20T08:19:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.6.4","date":"2024-08-21T05:26:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.6.3","date":"2024-01-23T15:04:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.6.2","date":"2023-08-23T06:40:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.6.1","date":"2023-06-28T07:54:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.6.0","date":"2023-05-31T03:52:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.5.2","date":"2023-04-13T08:48:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.5.1","date":"2023-01-14T02:32:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/releases/tag/v2.5.0","date":"2022-11-22T11:35:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.0"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.31.0","date":"2026-07-15T06:16:52Z","type":"stable","version":"3.31.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.30.0","date":"2026-06-17T08:16:23Z","type":"stable","version":"3.30.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.29.0","date":"2026-05-18T15:02:07Z","type":"stable","version":"3.29.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.28.0","date":"2026-04-15T12:29:03Z","type":"stable","version":"3.28.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.27.0","date":"2026-03-18T09:11:28Z","type":"stable","version":"3.27.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.26.0","date":"2026-02-18T06:02:51Z","type":"stable","version":"3.26.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.25.0","date":"2026-01-16T09:19:33Z","type":"stable","version":"3.25.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.24.0","date":"2025-12-16T10:43:55Z","type":"stable","version":"3.24.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.23.0","date":"2025-11-17T13:31:58Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.22.0","date":"2025-10-16T10:48:07Z","type":"stable","version":"3.22.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.21.0","date":"2025-09-16T15:13:19Z","type":"stable","version":"3.21.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.20.0","date":"2025-08-14T11:53:45Z","type":"stable","version":"3.20.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.19.0","date":"2025-05-19T14:12:11Z","type":"stable","version":"3.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.18.0","date":"2025-04-16T05:46:08Z","type":"stable","version":"3.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.17.0","date":"2025-03-17T10:24:01Z","type":"stable","version":"3.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.16.0","date":"2025-02-17T11:00:45Z","type":"stable","version":"3.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.15.0","date":"2025-01-15T08:45:12Z","type":"stable","version":"3.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.14.0","date":"2024-12-15T06:41:35Z","type":"stable","version":"3.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.13.0","date":"2024-11-15T18:00:51Z","type":"stable","version":"3.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/3.12.0","date":"2024-10-15T13:15:32Z","type":"stable","version":"3.12.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 6.4 | 7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":4,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fchaos-mesh%2Fchaos-mesh&per_page=100","last_12m":4,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Flitmuschaos%2Flitmus&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Chaos Engineering)

| Capability | Chaos Mesh | LitmusChaos |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Fault injection scope | - | - |
| Blast radius control | - | - |
| Automated abort safety | - | - |
| Kubernetes native | - | - |
| Scheduling gameday orchestration | - | - |
| Observability integration | - | - |
| Experiment as code | - | - |
| Agent based | - | - |
| RBAC access control | - | - |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:49:06.277Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*