# Introduction to Gatling

Gatling is an Open Source Performance Load Testing Tool for Running, Recording and Editing Load Test Automations in SCALA language.

## Installing Gatling

In order to download Gatling we’ll need to navigate to following link:

<https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/gatling/highcharts/gatling-charts-highcharts-bundle/3.5.1/gatling-charts-highcharts-bundle-3.5.1-bundle.zip>

Unzip the downloaded file and you’ll see executables in /bin folder.

## Gatling With Loadium

Loadium supports Gatling 3.5.1, Also you need an IDE (preferably IntelliJ IDEA) installed on your computer in order to write Scala simulations.

Once you logged in, you can easily start creating and configuring your Gatling test.

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You can find detailed information for using Gatling with Loadium [here](https://wiki.loadium.com/creating-test/gatling-test).

Enjoy load testing!

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