Open source software has revolutionized the way enterprises develop and deploy their applications. It fosters collaboration, innovation, and cost-effectiveness, enabling organizations to build secure and robust solutions while leveraging the collective knowledge and expertise of a vast and diverse community.

Microcks, the Kubernetes-Native multi-protocol open source enterprise mocking and testing API solution, is an excellent example of the power of open source projects. In this blog post, we invite enterprises and community users to join the Microcks adopters list, showcasing their support for the project and contributing to its growth.

The Value of Microcks

Microcks simplifies the testing and development process for cloud-native APIs and applications. It provides a comprehensive set of features, including service virtualization, contract testing, and API mocking, which assist developers in building reliable and resilient applications. By adopting Microcks, enterprises can streamline their development workflows, improve quality assurance, and accelerate time-to-market.

The latest community user blog post from J.B. Hunt: “Mock It till You Make It with Microcks” is an excellent testimonial regarding Microcks’ business value and importance:

See, the full post here 👉 https://microcks.io/blog/jb-hunt-mock-it-till-you-make-it/

Why do we need you?

As an open source project, Microcks thrives on community involvement. By adding your organization’s name to the Microcks adopters list, you demonstrate your commitment to supporting our growing open source initiatives and encourage others to follow suit. Additionally, your inclusion on the list provides valuable feedback to the Microcks contributors and followers, helping them gauge the project’s adoption and impact.

By joining the list, you play an active role in the growth and sustainability of Microcks, enabling it to continue providing valuable tools and services to developers worldwide.

It’s a small contribution back to the project with a big impact to encourage and grow community adoption and contributions. Last but not least, learning from others, following the open source principles and giving back to the community is part of the maintainer’s way of living!

👍 You like it? Please, support it by joining existing adopters 🤝

Editing the Adopters file on GitHub

To join the Microcks adopters list, follow these simple steps.

1. Visit the Microcks GitHub repository at https://github.com/microcks/.github (Create a GitHub account if you don’t already have one):

2. Open the ADOPTERS.md file within .github the repository:

3. Click on the pencil icon on the top right corner of the file view to edit it:

4. Add at the end of the file, your organization’s name (include a link to your organization’s website), your contact details along with a description of your usage and any other relevant resources.

You can copy/paste and modify the markdown example below:

| [Perdu.com](https://perdu.com/) | [Yacine Kheddache](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yacinekheddache/) [Laurent Broudoux](https://github.com/lbroudoux) | Amazing cloud-native application development, API Mocking and Testing for multi-years digital transformation and modernization programs in collaboration with hundreds of developers worldwide 😎

5. Write a concise commit message summarizing your changes in the “Extended description” field, ex:

Add Perdu Company use case as Microck adopter

6. Click on the “Propose changes” button to process your edit then click on the “Create pull request” button to submit it as a pull request:

Done ✅ with thanks, follow your pull request comments (review) and await merge by the Microcks maintainers 🙌

Join us & contribute to the Microcks community

👉 Visit the GitHub repository today, make your contribution, and be part of the thriving community driving innovation and collaboration in the world of APIs.

Respecting open-source principles also means giving back. If your organization has benefited from Microcks, please consider contributing in other ways, such as reporting issues, suggesting improvements, curating documents, giving sponsorship or even making code contributions.

So you are welcome to join us in making Microcks even better! Come introduce yourself in our Github discussion or Discord chat 🐙, show your support by giving us GitHub stars ⭐️ or follow us on Twitter, Mastodon, LinkedIn, and our YouTube channel!

Thank you for reading and for your support!