# Build
docker build -f cmd/benchmark/Dockerfile -t relay-benchmark .

# Run all relays
docker run --rm relay-benchmark all

# Run specific relay
docker run --rm relay-benchmark orly
docker run --rm relay-benchmark strfry 1000 50

Parameters

docker run --rm relay-benchmark [relay] [events] [queries]

relay:   all | orly | khatru-badger | khatru-sqlite | strfry | nostr-rs | relayer
events:  number of events (default: 10000)
queries: number of queries (default: 100)

Results

Date: August 17, 2025
Test: 5,000 events, 100 queries
Docker: golang:1.24, rust:1.82

Relay	Version	Events/sec	Queries/sec
ORLY	0.8.0	8,762	3-7*
Khatru-Badger	git HEAD	7,859	3-7*
Khatru-SQLite	git HEAD	206	3-4*
Strfry	git HEAD	1,856	13*
nostr-rs-relay	0.9.0	2,976	4-5*
Relayer	git HEAD	1,452	6-7*

⚠️ Known Limitations:

Query rates are NOT representative of production performance
Uses sequential queries on single connection (not concurrent)
Tests on fresh database without optimized indexes
Small dataset (5K events vs millions in production)
Event publishing rates ARE accurate and representative