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Stacks / Meridian
API platform

Meridian
APIs and gateways

Design, mock, validate and serve APIs behind a gateway with TLS you terminate yourself.

  • Design-first API workspace
  • Mock server for CI
  • Gateway with TLS and rate limits
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In the box

A working, pinned Docker Compose stack for self-hosted API development and testing. Not a link dump - the integration layer: services wired together, environment template, quickstart, runbook, and a script that fetches the exact upstream sources at pinned commits.

9 components 16 files 5 tiers Docker Compose
Best for

Backend teams building and documenting APIs.

Pricing

Choose your tier

One-time purchase. Higher tiers add components; the top tier adds a live onboarding session. Every tier includes the runbook, verify script and component guides.

Starter
The entry point. Two or three services, one compose file.
$12 $20one-time 40% off
  • Working Compose stack
  • Hoppscotch and Mockoon wired
  • Pinned source fetch
Get Meridian Starter
2 components · instant download
Growth
Adds the core services most teams reach for next.
$30 $50one-time 40% off
  • Everything in API Starter
  • WireMock and MockServer
  • First-test walkthrough
Get Meridian Growth
4 components · instant download
Pro
The working set - most of the stack, documented end to end.
$60 $100one-time 40% off
  • Everything in Mock & Test
  • Traefik and Caddy
  • Routing guide
Get Meridian Pro
6 components · instant download
Most popular
Scale
Nearly everything, plus 30 days of priority support.
$120 $200one-time 40% off
  • Everything in Gateway
  • Kong and Prism
  • OpenAPI workflow guide
Get Meridian Scale
8 components · instant download
Complete
Every component, plus a live onboarding session.
$180 $300one-time 40% off
  • All eight components
  • 1:1 onboarding session
  • Lifetime updates
Get Meridian Complete
9 components · instant download
Architecture

How it fits together

Each service runs as its own container. The compose file defines the network, the volumes and the wiring between them.

docker compose — Meridiancompose network · named volumeshoppscotchMIT · TypeScriptbrunoMIT · JavaScriptmockoonMIT · TypeScriptwiremockApache-2.0 · JavamockserverApache-2.0 · JavaprismApache-2.0 · TypeScripttraefikMIT · GocaddyApache-2.0 · GokongApache-2.0 · Lua
Components

9 services, pinned

Every project keeps its own licence and copyright. The stack ships the integration, not a fork.

ComponentWhat it doesLicenceSource
hoppscotch
TypeScript
 Web-based API client and testing tool. MIT upstream
63273f8e59
bruno
JavaScript
 Offline, git-friendly API client. MIT upstream
23ee875392
mockoon
TypeScript
 Desktop API mocking, no account needed. MIT upstream
fa116f2149
wiremock
Java
 API mocking for integration tests. Apache 2.0 upstream
0f5b90519f
mockserver
Java
 Mock server and proxy for API tests. Apache 2.0 upstream
main
prism
TypeScript
 Mock server generated from an OpenAPI document. Apache 2.0 upstream
e7553fe274
traefik
Go
 Modern reverse proxy with automatic TLS. MIT upstream
c0eb9530f4
caddy
Go
 Web server with automatic HTTPS. Apache 2.0 upstream
8507b63cf0
kong
Lua
 API gateway for routing, auth and rate limiting. Apache 2.0 upstream
8927af6d5e
Documentation

A guide for every component

Written docs that ship inside the archive - role, reasoning and how to run each service.

brunocaddyhoppscotchkongmockoonmockserverprismtraefikwiremock
Quickstart

Run it

# 1. fetch the pinned upstream sources
./fetch-sources.sh ./sources

# 2. configure and start
cp .env.example .env
docker compose up -d

# 3. confirm everything came up
./verify.sh

Docker Engine 24+ with the Compose v2 plugin. 4 GB RAM for light tiers, 16 GB+ for the complete deployment.