Microcks
API mocking and testing for cloud-native development
Microcks is an open-source CNCF tool for mocking and testing APIs and microservices based on OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and gRPC specs. It can be self-hosted to provide mocks and contract testing.
Key features
- Spec-driven mocks
- Contract testing
- AsyncAPI and gRPC support
- Kubernetes native
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
- Active community (2.1k GitHub stars)
Is Microcks secure?
No known vulnerabilities affect Microcks's latest release (1.15.0). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.
- Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2024-44076, published 2024-08-19 (786 days ago), fixed in 1.10.0
Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.
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