orlangure/gnomock

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Gnomock is a Go integration and end-to-end testing toolkit that spins up ephemeral Docker containers for application dependencies with preconfigured initial state, then cleans them up automatically. It offers many official presets (Postgres, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, etc.) and can also run as an HTTP daemon for use from other languages.

Use cases

• spin up a throwaway postgres with schema for integration tests
• test against real redis instead of mocks
• seed test data into s3 or splunk during e2e tests
• run kafka in docker for consumer tests
• set up ephemeral mysql containers in go tests
• use gnomock daemon from python or node tests

When to choose

• you want integration tests against real services without writing mocks
• you need easy initial-state setup for databases and message brokers
• your project is in Go or can call an HTTP daemon

When to avoid

• you need remote or orchestrated Docker hosts (experimental support only)
• your tests don't require real external dependencies
• you can't run a local Docker daemon

Facets

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testing e2e-testing container-runtime testing developer-tools databases go cli integration-testing testcontainers ephemeral-containers presets no-mocks http-daemon containers docker

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