# Bogus

Fake data generator for the .NET languages C#, F# and VB.NET that fills objects with locale-aware values for tests and seeded databases.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/bogus/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
Listed since: 2026-11-04

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/bchavez/Bogus

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Brian Chavez
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: testing
- hosting: not applicable
- language: csharp
- runtime: dotnet
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: NuGet

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 35
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-10-26

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 9753
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 72
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/bchavez/Bogus (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bchavez/Bogus/master/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/bchavez/Bogus (read 2026-11-04)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bchavez/Bogus/master/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bchavez/Bogus/master/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://github.com/bchavez/Bogus/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bchavez/Bogus/master/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bchavez/Bogus/master/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://api.nuget.org/v3/registration5-semver1/bogus/index.json (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/bchavez/Bogus/releases/latest (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/bchavez/Bogus/releases/latest (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/bchavez/Bogus (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/bchavez/Bogus/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

Bogus is a fake data generator for the .NET languages C#, F# and VB.NET. It is a C# port of faker.js, and its locale data is re-bundled from faker.js. The library is installed from NuGet and runs inside .NET code, where it fills objects with generated values for tests and for seeding databases.

## Worth knowing

Bogus Premium is a paid license for separate add-on packages with extra data sets. The add-ons are not part of the open-source library.

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