wiremock/wiremock
A tool for mocking HTTP services observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
80/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 44
- Longevity 100
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: 48
- age_days: 5442
- days_rel: 292
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 8
Adoption not part of the score
7348 stars · 1510 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
WireMock is a popular open-source tool for mocking HTTP-based APIs, runnable as an embedded Java library, standalone server, or container. It offers rich request matching, Handlebars response templating, record/playback, fault injection, and request verification.
Use cases
- mock a third-party REST API in my integration tests
- simulate an API that doesn't exist yet during development
- stub HTTP responses with matching on URL, headers, and body
- record real API traffic and replay it in tests
- inject latency and network faults to test resilience
- verify my app sent the expected HTTP requests
- run a mock server in Docker for CI pipelines
When to choose
- you need stable, isolated test environments free of flaky third-party dependencies
- you want flexible stubbing via code, JSON files, a REST admin API, or traffic recording
- you need fault/latency simulation and request verification in automated tests
- you work on the JVM (Java, Kotlin, Groovy) or want the standalone server/container
When to avoid
- you only need simple in-process function mocking rather than HTTP-level simulation
- you need collaborative, stateful multi-team mock management with SSO and audit logs (consider WireMock Cloud)
- your stack is non-JVM and a native mocking tool for that language would fit better
Facets
library · maturity stable
mocking testing http-server e2e-testing testing apis developer-tools web-development jvm cross-platform cli api-mocking mock-server stubbing http rest record-playback fault-injection service-virtualization docker
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/wiremock/wiremock · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6ff1b371d3e5
- homepage: https://wiremock.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · ecce8c05da07
- site_page: https://wiremock.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · dc0822cc2a07
- site_page: https://wiremock.org/2.x/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 91a9ac20cb59
- site_page: https://wiremock.org/docs/commercial · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2e6b30b89451
- site_page: https://wiremock.org/docs/wiremock-cloud · fetched 2026-08-29 · b76645abcea4
- site_page: https://wiremock.org/docs/external-resources · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8d98206a622a
- site_page: https://wiremock.org/docs/junit-jupiter · fetched 2026-08-29 · 27d069035c71
- site_page: https://wiremock.org/docs/java-usage · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0b51e056d28e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| wiremock/wiremock | main | 80 |
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