# ChaosBlade vs LitmusChaos

**Leader by Vioscale score:** LitmusChaos

| Attribute | ChaosBlade | LitmusChaos |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 35 (80% (high)) | 47.6 (61% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 3 | 11 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1 | 4 |
| adoption.github_stars | 6,505 | 5,602 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A tool that enables chaos engineering experiments across cloud-native infrastructure, helping organizations test and improve the fault tolerance of distributed systems during cloud migration or native cloud deployments. | 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 | 3 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Java"}]` | `[{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"GCP"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://chaosblade.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T15:29:05.714Z"}` | `{"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 | 8 | 30 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| security.scorecard | 4.8 | 7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fchaosblade-io%2Fchaosblade&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"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 | ChaosBlade | 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 2026-09-01T16:49:05.507Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*