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Command-line benchmarking tool with statistical analysis.

Current verified version1.20.0

Verified 2026-08-23 from hyperfine GitHub releases.

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15 stable release records

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  1. 1.20.0v1.20.0

    Add `--reference-name` option to give a meaningful name to the reference command, see #808 (@niklasdewally)

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  2. 1.19.0v1.19.0

    Add a new `--reference <cmd>` option to specify a reference command for the relative speed comparison, see #579, #577 and #744 (@JanEricNitschke)

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  3. 1.18.0v1.18.0

    Add support for microseconds via `--time-unit microsecond`, see #684 (@sharkdp)

    feature
    Official release ↗
  4. 1.17.0v1.17.0

    Add new `--sort` option to control the order in the rel. speed comparison and in markup export formats, see #601, #614, #655 (@sharkdp)

    deprecationfeature
    Official release ↗
  5. 1.16.1v1.16.1

    Fix line-wrapping of `--help` text (@sharkdp)

    fix
    Official release ↗
  6. 1.16.0v1.16.0

    Added new `--input` option, see #541 and #563 (@snease)

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  7. 1.15.0v1.15.0

    Disable colorized output in case of `TERM=dumb` or `NO_COLOR=1`, see #542 and #555 (@nabijaczleweli)

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  8. 1.14.0v1.14.0

    Add a new `--output={null,pipe,inherit,<FILE>}` option to control

    feature
    Official release ↗
  9. 1.13.0v1.13.0

    Added a new `--shell=none`/`-N` option to disable the intermediate

    feature
    Official release ↗
  10. 1.12.0v1.12.0

    `--command-name` can now take parameter names from `--parameter-*` options, see #351 and #391 (@silathdiir)

    Official release ↗
  11. 1.11.0v1.11.0

    The `-L`/`--parameter-list` option can now be specified multiple times to

    deprecationfeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  12. 1.10.0v1.10.0

    Hyperfine now comes with shell completion files for Bash, Zsh, Fish and PowerShell, see #290 (@four0000four).

    fix
    Official release ↗
  13. 1.9.0v1.9.0

    The new `--parameter-list <VAR> <VALUES>` option can be used to run

    feature
    Official release ↗
  14. 1.8.0v1.8.0

    The `--prepare <CMD>` option can now be specified multiple times to

    feature
    Official release ↗
  15. 1.7.0v1.7.0

    Added a new `-D`,`--parameter-step-size` option that can be used to control

    feature
    Official release ↗

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