# Self-host your own internet speed test with LibreSpeed!

DevFeed: [Self-host your own internet speed test with LibreSpeed!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/self-host-your-own-internet-speed-test-with-librespeed-10589.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://technotim.com/posts/librespeed/>)

Author: Techno Tim

Published: 2021-01-09T14:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Techno Tim](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/techno-tim.md>)

Topics: [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>)

Tags: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [librespeed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/librespeed.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>), [speed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/speed.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial introduces LibreSpeed, a lightweight open-source internet speed test implemented in JavaScript with XHR requests and web workers. It presents self-hosting the tool in Docker or Kubernetes as an alternative to ad-supported and tracking-heavy speed-test services.

## Source excerpt

Internet speed tests are full of junk, ads, tracking, and some even contain deprecated plug-ins.Who needs this when we can self-host an open source one? LibreSpeed is a lightweight speedtest implemented in JavaScript using XHR requests and web workers.It's fast, feature rich, and supports every modern browser.Say goodbye to those other speed tests and host your own containerized in Docker or K...