Vibe coded a benchmark tool for Shared Hosting
Hey LES,
I vibe coded a single-file PHP dashboard to monitor and benchmark Shared Hosting performance. It’s designed to be lightweight, secure, and zero-dependency.
Repo: https://github.com/loayai/php-hosting-benchmark
Quick Install:
1. Download bench.php.
2. Edit the password inside the file (Security requirement).
3. Upload & Run.
Key Features:
- Zero Installation: Just a single
bench.phpfile. No Composer, no npm, and no CLI access required. - Secure by Design: The script forces a password change on the first run (it will not execute with default credentials) and automatically cleans up test files after execution.
- Disk I/O Testing: Performs file write and copy operations to verify actual disk speeds, helping identify if storage is slow or heavily oversold.
- Database Performance: Supports both MySQL/MariaDB and SQLite. It measures query throughput (INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE) to simulate real-world CMS loads like WordPress.
- Network & Connectivity: Checks latency to major hubs (Google, Cloudflare) and monitors live RX/TX traffic usage during the test.
- Smart Scoring System: Aggregates all metrics into a single 0-10 score. (9.0+ indicates premium performance, while < 3.0 suggests a heavily oversold host).
- System Information: Displays Server OS, Kernel version, Uptime, PHP Version, and Memory Limits immediately.
Here is what it looks like:
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Comments
@loay Well done, these are the sorts of projects FOSSVPS is happy to support. Drop me a PM if you would like a free VPS to help with your work.
Mike
Virmach is NOT worth the risk.
looking good and useful.
Looks good, ran it once
I'd recommend perhaps integrating the SQL in the benchmark and requiring the host/port/user/db/pass as constants just like the admin user/pass.
The end result looks great! I was a little surprised that it's over 7,000 (!) lines of code, but there are extensive comments, so those add up. Cool idea