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Install mockserver with Homebrew

Mock HTTP server and proxy. Version 7.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install mockserver

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Mock HTTP server and proxy

Commands and aliases

  • mockserver

history

Project history and usage

MockServer is an open-source HTTP and proxy testing tool maintained in the mock-server GitHub organization, with James D Bloom listed as maintainer in the repository. The monorepo was created in 2013, and the project describes itself as an HTTP(S) mock server and proxy for testing, able to mock APIs, inspect or modify traffic, and inject failures.

Project history

Its technical scope expanded from simple HTTP response mocking into a broader service-virtualization tool. The project site describes support for HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, HTTPS, gRPC, request recording, proxying, deterministic replacement of fragile dependencies, contract-first development against APIs that do not exist yet, and resilience testing through latency, errors, dropped connections, and malformed responses.

How it is used

In practice, developers run MockServer as a standalone service, Docker container, Java/Maven test dependency, or CLI-installed server, then create expectations over HTTP APIs or client libraries. Homebrew packages the `mockserver` executable for local use, placing it in the developer-testing niche between lightweight fake servers and larger commercial service-virtualization platforms.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mockserver. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
mockserver.propertiesmockserver.json

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
mockservercliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version7.4.0
manager updated2026-07-04
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://www.mock-server.com/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:mockserver
Version7.4.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mockserver
Homepagehttps://www.mock-server.com/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/mock-server/mockserver
Upstream docshttps://www.mock-server.com/
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/mock-server/mockserver-netty/7.4.0/mockserver-netty-7.4.0-brew-tar.tar
Last updated2026-07-04T18:13:50Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesopenjdk
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemockserver
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • openjdkRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • mocoShares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, http, testing.
  • gokuShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, http, testing.
  • gorShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, http, testing.
  • hoverflyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, proxy, testing.
  • prism-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, testing.
  • ainShares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, http.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment