diff --git a/app/logsgenerator/Makefile b/app/logsgenerator/Makefile
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+++ b/app/logsgenerator/Makefile
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+# All these commands must run from repository root.
+
+logsgenerator:
+	APP_NAME=logsgenerator $(MAKE) app-local
+
+logsgenerator-race:
+	APP_NAME=logsgenerator RACE=-race $(MAKE) app-local
diff --git a/app/logsgenerator/main.go b/app/logsgenerator/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e65a3fcc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/logsgenerator/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/buildinfo"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/envflag"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/promutils"
+)
+
+var (
+	addr    = flag.String("addr", "http://localhost:9428/insert/jsonline", "HTTP address to push the generated logs to")
+	workers = flag.Int("workers", 1, "The number of workers to use to push logs to -addr")
+
+	start         = newTimeFlag("start", "-1d", "Generated logs start from this time; see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#timestamp-formats")
+	end           = newTimeFlag("end", "0s", "Generated logs end at this time; see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#timestamp-formats")
+	activeStreams = flag.Int("activeStreams", 1_000, "The number of active log streams to generate; see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#stream-fields")
+	totalStreams  = flag.Int("totalStreams", 2_000, "The number of total log streams; if -totalStreams > -activeStreams, then some active streams are substituted with new streams "+
+		"during data generation")
+	logsPerStream   = flag.Int64("logsPerStream", 1_000, "The number of log entries to generate per each log stream. Log entries are evenly distributed between -start and -end")
+	varFieldsPerLog = flag.Int("varFieldsPerLog", 3, "The number of additional fields with variable values to generate per each log entry; "+
+		"see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model")
+	constFieldsPerLog = flag.Int("constFieldsPerLog", 3, "The number of additional fields with constaint values to generate per each log entry; "+
+		"see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model")
+
+	statInterval = flag.Duration("statInterval", 10*time.Second, "The interval between publishing the stats")
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// Write flags and help message to stdout, since it is easier to grep or pipe.
+	flag.CommandLine.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
+	envflag.Parse()
+	buildinfo.Init()
+	logger.Init()
+
+	remoteWriteURL, err := url.Parse(*addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("cannot parse -addr=%q: %s", *addr, err)
+	}
+	qs, err := url.ParseQuery(remoteWriteURL.RawQuery)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("cannot parse query string in -addr=%q: %w", *addr, err)
+	}
+	qs.Set("_stream_fields", "host,worker_id")
+	remoteWriteURL.RawQuery = qs.Encode()
+
+	if start.nsec >= end.nsec {
+		logger.Fatalf("-start=%s must be smaller than -end=%s", start, end)
+	}
+	if *activeStreams <= 0 {
+		logger.Fatalf("-activeStreams must be bigger than 0; got %d", *activeStreams)
+	}
+	if *logsPerStream <= 0 {
+		logger.Fatalf("-logsPerStream must be bigger than 0; got %d", *logsPerStream)
+	}
+	if *varFieldsPerLog <= 0 {
+		logger.Fatalf("-varFieldsPerLog must be bigger than 0; got %d", *varFieldsPerLog)
+	}
+	if *constFieldsPerLog <= 0 {
+		logger.Fatalf("-constFieldsPerLog must be bigger than 0; got %d", *constFieldsPerLog)
+	}
+	if *totalStreams < *activeStreams {
+		*totalStreams = *activeStreams
+	}
+
+	cfg := &workerConfig{
+		url:           remoteWriteURL,
+		activeStreams: *activeStreams,
+		totalStreams:  *totalStreams,
+	}
+
+	// divide total and active streams among workers
+	if *workers <= 0 {
+		logger.Fatalf("-workers must be bigger than 0; got %d", *workers)
+	}
+	if *workers > *activeStreams {
+		logger.Fatalf("-workers=%d cannot exceed -activeStreams=%d", *workers, *activeStreams)
+	}
+	cfg.activeStreams /= *workers
+	cfg.totalStreams /= *workers
+
+	logger.Infof("start -workers=%d workers for ingesting -logsPerStream=%d log entries per each -totalStreams=%d (-activeStreams=%d) on a time range -start=%s, -end=%s to -addr=%s",
+		*workers, *logsPerStream, *totalStreams, *activeStreams, toRFC3339(start.nsec), toRFC3339(end.nsec), *addr)
+
+	startTime := time.Now()
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < *workers; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(workerID int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			generateAndPushLogs(cfg, workerID)
+		}(i)
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		prevEntries := uint64(0)
+		prevBytes := uint64(0)
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(*statInterval)
+		for range ticker.C {
+			currEntries := logEntriesCount.Load()
+			deltaEntries := currEntries - prevEntries
+			rateEntries := float64(deltaEntries) / statInterval.Seconds()
+
+			currBytes := bytesGenerated.Load()
+			deltaBytes := currBytes - prevBytes
+			rateBytes := float64(deltaBytes) / statInterval.Seconds()
+			logger.Infof("generated %d log entries at %.0fK entries/sec, %d bytes at %.0fMB/sec", deltaEntries, rateEntries/1e3, deltaBytes, rateBytes/1e6)
+
+			prevEntries = currEntries
+			prevBytes = currBytes
+		}
+	}()
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	dSecs := time.Since(startTime).Seconds()
+	currEntries := logEntriesCount.Load()
+	currBytes := bytesGenerated.Load()
+	rateEntries := float64(currEntries) / dSecs
+	rateBytes := float64(currBytes) / dSecs
+	logger.Infof("ingested %d log entries (%d bytes) in %.3f seconds; avg ingestion rate: %.0fK entries/sec, %.0fMB/sec", currEntries, currBytes, dSecs, rateEntries/1e3, rateBytes/1e6)
+}
+
+var logEntriesCount atomic.Uint64
+
+var bytesGenerated atomic.Uint64
+
+type workerConfig struct {
+	url           *url.URL
+	activeStreams int
+	totalStreams  int
+}
+
+type statWriter struct {
+	w io.Writer
+}
+
+func (sw *statWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	bytesGenerated.Add(uint64(len(p)))
+	return sw.w.Write(p)
+}
+
+func generateAndPushLogs(cfg *workerConfig, workerID int) {
+	pr, pw := io.Pipe()
+	sw := &statWriter{
+		w: pw,
+	}
+	bw := bufio.NewWriter(sw)
+	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		generateLogs(bw, workerID, cfg.activeStreams, cfg.totalStreams)
+		_ = bw.Flush()
+		_ = pw.Close()
+		close(doneCh)
+	}()
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", cfg.url.String(), pr)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("cannot create request to %q: %s", cfg.url, err)
+	}
+
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("cannot perform request to %q: %s", cfg.url, err)
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode/100 != 2 {
+		logger.Fatalf("unexpected status code got from %q: %d; want 2xx", cfg.url, err)
+	}
+
+	// Wait until all the generateLogs goroutine is finished.
+	<-doneCh
+}
+
+func generateLogs(bw *bufio.Writer, workerID, activeStreams, totalStreams int) {
+	streamLifetime := int64(float64(end.nsec-start.nsec) * (float64(activeStreams) / float64(totalStreams)))
+	streamStep := int64(float64(end.nsec-start.nsec) / float64(totalStreams-activeStreams+1))
+	step := streamLifetime / (*logsPerStream - 1)
+
+	currNsec := start.nsec
+	for currNsec < end.nsec {
+		firstStreamID := int((currNsec - start.nsec) / streamStep)
+		generateLogsAtTimestamp(bw, workerID, currNsec, firstStreamID, activeStreams, *varFieldsPerLog, *constFieldsPerLog)
+		currNsec += step
+	}
+}
+
+func generateLogsAtTimestamp(bw *bufio.Writer, workerID int, ts int64, firstStreamID, activeStreams, varFieldsPerEntry, constFieldsPerEntry int) {
+	streamID := firstStreamID
+	timeStr := toRFC3339(ts)
+	for i := 0; i < activeStreams; i++ {
+		fmt.Fprintf(bw, `{"_time":%q,"_msg":"some message %d for the stream %d; some foo bar baz error warn 1.2.3.4","host":"host_%d","worker_id":"%d"`,
+			timeStr, i, streamID, streamID, workerID)
+		for j := 0; j < varFieldsPerEntry; j++ {
+			fmt.Fprintf(bw, `,"var_field_%d":"value_%d_%d_%d"`, j, i, j, streamID)
+		}
+		for j := 0; j < constFieldsPerEntry; j++ {
+			fmt.Fprintf(bw, `,"const_field_%d":"value_%d_%d"`, j, j, streamID)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(bw, "}\n")
+
+		logEntriesCount.Add(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func newTimeFlag(name, defaultValue, description string) *timeFlag {
+	var tf timeFlag
+	if err := tf.Set(defaultValue); err != nil {
+		logger.Panicf("invalid defaultValue=%q for flag %q: %w", defaultValue, name, err)
+	}
+	flag.Var(&tf, name, description)
+	return &tf
+}
+
+type timeFlag struct {
+	s    string
+	nsec int64
+}
+
+func (tf *timeFlag) Set(s string) error {
+	msec, err := promutils.ParseTimeMsec(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse time from %q: %w", s, err)
+	}
+	tf.s = s
+	tf.nsec = msec * 1e6
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (tf *timeFlag) String() string {
+	return tf.s
+}
+
+func toRFC3339(nsec int64) string {
+	return time.Unix(nsec/1e9, nsec%1e9).UTC().Format(time.RFC3339Nano)
+}