Show HN: Mimikos – Zero-config mock server that infers API behavior from OpenAPI

Category: devtools

Tags: mock-server, openapi, api-testing

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Mimikos is a zero-config mock server that automatically infers API behavior from OpenAPI specifications to generate realistic, deterministic responses. It's interesting because it uses a heuristic classifier to determine endpoint behavior (create, fetch, list, etc.) with 96% accuracy, eliminating the need for manual mock definitions while maintaining schema evolution safety.

Target audience: backend devs, api developers, devops

Repository: https://github.com/mimikos-io/mimikos · Go · Apache-2.0 · 1 stars

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