Installation

Requirements

Mimicker supports Python 3.7 and above. It has no required third-party runtime dependencies.

Runtime vs. docs dependencies

mkdocs-material and pymdown-extensions are docs-only dependencies. They are never installed when users run pip install mimicker.

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Install from PyPI

pippoetryuv

pip install mimicker

poetry add mimicker

uv add mimicker

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Verify the install

mimicker --help

You should see the Mimicker CLI help:

usage: mimicker [-h] {serve,wait,validate,report} ...

Mimicker — lightweight HTTP mock server

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Docker (no Python required)

If you're running Mimicker in CI without a Python environment, pull the official image:

docker pull ghcr.io/mimickerhq/mimicker:latest
docker run -p 8080:8080 ghcr.io/mimickerhq/mimicker:latest

See the Docker guide for full details.

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