# Install mockserver with Homebrew Mock HTTP server and proxy. Version 7.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mockserver ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mockserver ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mockserver - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 7.4.0 - **Source summary:** Mock HTTP server and proxy - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-04T18:13:50Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mockserver (cli) - mockserver (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 7.4.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-04 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.mock-server.com/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes 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. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: mockserver.properties, mockserver.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mockserver - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [moco](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/moco/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, http, testing. - [goku](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/goku/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, http, testing. - [gor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, http, testing. - [hoverfly](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hoverfly/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, proxy, testing. - [prism-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/prism-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, testing. - [ain](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ain/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, http. - [allure](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/allure/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [artillery](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/artillery/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [stripe-mock](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/stripe-mock/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: api, cli, developer, developer-tools, http. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mockserver.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mockserver.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph