Kong/insomnia-mockbin
Insomnia Mockbin is the underlying backend for the API mocks capability of Insomnia. It is built and used by Kong, the author of the open-source Kong Gateway. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4559
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2048 stars · 211 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Insomnia Mockbin is the backend service powering the API mocking capability of Kong's Insomnia platform. It lets developers create custom mock bins that return HAR-based responses in JSON, YAML, XML, or HTML and log incoming requests.
Use cases
- mock api endpoints for frontend development
- self-host a mock server from an openapi spec
- log and inspect incoming http requests to a mock endpoint
- return canned json yaml xml responses for testing
- unblock parallel api development before backend is ready
When to choose
- you use Insomnia and want to self-host its mock server backend
- you need HAR-based mock responses with multiple output formats
- you want request logging to debug client calls against mocks
When to avoid
- you need a fully open-source license - this repo is source-visible, not open-source
- you want a general-purpose API gateway rather than a mocking service
- you need persistent mock definitions without Redis
Facets
service · maturity active
http-server mock-api testing api-framework apis developer-tools testing web-development self-hosted api-mocking har mock-server insomnia kong request-logging source-visible nodejs docker web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia-mockbin · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9d022f286a20
- homepage: https://insomnia.rest/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1a3668d159e8
- site_page: https://insomnia.rest/features/ai-native · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8a9243bf7d5d
- site_page: https://insomnia.rest/features/api-design · fetched 2026-08-29 · 65aed8c18bcd
- site_page: https://insomnia.rest/features/insomnia-cli · fetched 2026-08-29 · c3db252dd22a
- site_page: https://insomnia.rest/features/api-mocking · fetched 2026-08-29 · e03bd0d4cc6a
- site_page: https://insomnia.rest/features/collaboration · fetched 2026-08-29 · c0f3c4e11dcc
- site_page: https://insomnia.rest/features/api-testing · fetched 2026-08-29 · f3c046a76a3b
- site_page: https://insomnia.rest/features/local-vault · fetched 2026-08-29 · 66dcbba28ea5
- site_page: https://insomnia.rest/features/api-debugging · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0eff3c5d3450
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kong/insomnia-mockbin | main | 67 |
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