You could give Vegeta a shot. It's a Golang application which means you can simply grab the binary and run it on your local. Some advantages to using Vegeta:

• Since it's a CLI based tool, I find it much easier to use than JMeter. I know JMeter can also be run via CLI but I found Vegeta much simpler.
• Can be run in a distributed fashion. Converting a load test from my local machine to a distributed environment to create more load was trivial to say the least. No mucking around with master, slave etc. Just put the binary on all machines and you're good to go.
• Generates graphs out of the box. You can also output JSON which can then be fed into any charting library of your choice to create more beautiful visualizations.