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Mocking

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Providers using this tag (21)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
PostmanAI Agent BuilderAI AgentsAPI CatalogAPI Client39 APIs64.5
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
ApidogAI CodingAPI DesignAPI LifecycleAPI Testing1 API51.5HTTP ToolkitHTTPHTTPSDebuggingProxy4 APIs40.4InsomniaAPI DesignCLIClients4 APIs40.0AmbassadorAPI DevelopmentGatewaysIngressKubernetes11 APIs39.3
Thin 8 Limited public surface area
The GuildAPI CompositionAPI GatewayAPI ObservabilityBreaking Change Detection10 APIs37.8WireMockAPI MockingMock ServerPlatform6 APIs33.8OrvalCode GenerationOpenAPISwaggerSDK1 API31.6MicrocksAPI TestingCloud-NativeDevOps6 APIs30.9MockServerMock ServerTestingService Virtualization3 APIs29.0MockoonMock ServersTestingREST API2 APIs28.0APIGitAPI DesignAPI LifecycleDocumentationGit4 APIs27.0FakerAPITest DataFake DataDeveloper Tools10 APIs26.7
Emerging 6 Early or largely undocumented
HoverflyTesting10 APIs24.1Mock Service WorkerAPI MockingGraphQLHTTPMock Server1 API21.9mockAPIAPI MockingCRUDMock Server1 API20.2MockitoJavaTestingUnit Testing1 API16.3JestJavaScriptSnapshot TestingTesting3 APIs13.9JMockJavaMock ObjectsTDD1 API12.5
Minimal 2 Almost no public developer surface
PrismTesting1 API9.1ConekttoArtificial IntelligenceAPI DesignAPI LifecycleAPI Testing8.7

APIs with this tag (12)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
PostmanPostman is the single platform for collaborative API development used by 35+ million developers. It covers ...64.5
Developing 3 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
InsomniaInsomnia is an open-source, cross-platform API development platform by Kong for designing, debugging, and t...40.0AmbassadorAmbassador offers a suite of products designed to deliver API developer experiences that fuel innovation. T...39.3Ambassador Blackbird API Development PlatformBlackbird is an API development platform that helps developers design, build, test, and manage APIs with AI...39.3
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
GraphQL Tools APIA set of utilities for faster GraphQL development, enabling SDL-first schema building, type-safe resolver c...37.8MockoonMockoon ships as a desktop application, a CLI, and a serverless package for designing and running mock REST...28.0
Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented
Mock Service WorkerMock Service Worker (MSW) is an open-source library for mocking REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, and Server-Sent E...21.9mockAPImockAPI is a hosted platform for generating REST mock APIs. Users define resources, fields, and relationshi...20.2Mockito CoreThe core Mockito mocking framework for creating mock objects, stubbing methods, verifying invocations, and ...16.3Jest Core APICore testing framework API for writing and running tests, including globals, expect assertions, mock functi...13.9JMock Core APICore library for creating mock objects and defining expectations in Java tests using an expressive DSL. Sup...12.5
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
PrismPrism is an open source HTTP mock and validation server from Stoplight that generates dynamic mock response...9.1

Score breakdown

Frequency
41.1
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.6
spread across providers
Quality lift
34.4
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
8.7
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Mock Server 5 co-occurrences API Design 5 co-occurrences Testing 15 co-occurrences Platform 10 co-occurrences CLI 5 co-occurrences Open-Source 8 co-occurrences

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