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Download and Installation

WireMock Java is distributed in two flavours - a standard JAR containing just WireMock, and a standalone uber JAR containing WireMock plus all its dependencies.

Most of the standalone JAR’s dependencies are shaded i.e. they are hidden in alternative packages. This allows WireMock to be used in projects with conflicting versions of its dependencies. The standalone JAR is also runnable (see Running as a Standalone Process).

WireMock currently has two releases available. The 3.x release (below) and the new 4.x beta releases.

Add the following to your project’s pom.xml dependencies:

<dependency>
<groupId>org.wiremock</groupId>
<artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
<version>3.13.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Then follow the next steps for JUnit 5+ or plain Java.

Run the following in a terminal:

Terminal window
docker run -it --rm -p 8080:8080 --name wiremock wiremock/wiremock:3.13.1

Learn more in the Docker guide.

If you want to run WireMock as a standalone process you can download the standalone JAR from here

The 4.x release of WireMock is currently in beta. These releases are under active development and we recommend you try it out. We would love to hear your feedback over on the community slack - https://slack.wiremock.org/

We have given these releases a beta label due to the fact that as we move forwards with the 4.x release there will be breaking changes. These are the current updates to the 4.x release:

  • Java 17 is now the baseline java version
  • Jetty 12 is shipped by default so there is no longer a specific jetty 12 release of 4.x and Jetty 11 is no longer supported

Add the following to your project’s pom.xml dependencies:

<dependency>
<groupId>org.wiremock</groupId>
<artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
<version>4.0.0-beta.15</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Then follow the next steps for JUnit 5+ or plain Java.

Run the following in a terminal:

<dependency>
<groupId>org.wiremock</groupId>
<artifactId>wiremock-standalone</artifactId>
<version>4.0.0-beta.15</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

If you want to run WireMock as a standalone process you can download the standalone JAR from here