I use iperf3 with Speedtest’s servers, personally. But for a browser, yes JavaScript is needed… But needing JavaScript files from like 20 different domains is typically a red flag for me on any site.
It doesn’t need javascript from “20 different domains”, only a file called empty.php is fetched from those servers to measure the ping. The javascript is hosted on librespeed.org, which is under my control.
Hi, I’m the original author of LibreSpeed. When you load the website it downloads a list of servers and tries all of them to see which one has the lowest ping, that’s what you’re seeing.
Thanks for clarifying! Took a deeper look on my computer and I guess I learned that NoScript was misidentifying due to the cors or something. Just had to call it out before, as one can never be too careful these days :D
The NoScript list terrifies me a little though… Not sure what’s going on there, but that’s a lot of JavaScript lol.
I mean, how else are you going to do a speed test?
I use iperf3 with Speedtest’s servers, personally. But for a browser, yes JavaScript is needed… But needing JavaScript files from like 20 different domains is typically a red flag for me on any site.
It doesn’t need javascript from “20 different domains”, only a file called empty.php is fetched from those servers to measure the ping. The javascript is hosted on librespeed.org, which is under my control.
Speedtest cli
Hi, I’m the original author of LibreSpeed. When you load the website it downloads a list of servers and tries all of them to see which one has the lowest ping, that’s what you’re seeing.
Cool! Thanks for chiming in :)
Thank you for LibreSpeed! <3
Been using it for a few years now,
and it’s become my go-to network speed testing tool
Thanks for clarifying! Took a deeper look on my computer and I guess I learned that NoScript was misidentifying due to the cors or something. Just had to call it out before, as one can never be too careful these days :D
I temporarily trusted the two domains that started with librespeed and it worked.
What the other 17 are for, I can’t say.
Edit: looking at the server list, many of them match up with the serves you can select.
It’s open-source. You can always check if there is anything shady. If you can’t read it, you can raise an issue on Github and wait for a response :)