# LitmusChaos vs Toxiproxy

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Toxiproxy

| Attribute | LitmusChaos | Toxiproxy |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 47.6 (61% (medium)) | 53.4 (80% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 11 | 2 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 4 | 33,999 |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,602 | 12,285 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A Go-based TCP proxy tool designed for testing and CI environments that injects controlled network failures, latency, and corruption to verify applications handle degraded connectivity gracefully. Enables developers to simulate chaos deterministically or with randomization during testing. |
| integrations.count | 4 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"GCP"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` | `[{"name":"Ruby"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source (no licensing cost)","sourceUrl":"https://litmuschaos.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:56:12.008Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:54:48.953Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 30 | 66 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| security.scorecard | 7 | 6.8 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"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}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FShopify%2Ftoxiproxy&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Chaos Engineering)

| Capability | LitmusChaos | Toxiproxy |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T17:08:17.020Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*