# Faker

JavaScript library that generates fake but realistic data for testing and development, in the browser and in Node.js.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/faker-js/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-08
Listed since: 2026-11-08

## Record

### Links

- home: https://fakerjs.dev/
- repository: https://github.com/faker-js/faker
- docs: https://fakerjs.dev/guide/
- x: https://twitter.com/faker_js
- mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@faker_js
- discord: https://chat.fakerjs.dev

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Faker
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: testing
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 20
- 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: npm, pnpm, yarn or deno, as a dev dependency

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 10
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 15545
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 24905061
- contributors: 419
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 17617
- dependentPackages: 2113

### Sources

- name: https://fakerjs.dev/ (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://fakerjs.dev/ (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/faker-js/faker (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://fakerjs.dev/guide/ (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainer: https://github.com/faker-js/faker/blob/v10.6.0/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainerType: https://fakerjs.dev/ (read 2026-11-08)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/faker-js/faker/commits/v0.5.5 (read 2026-11-08)
- category: https://github.com/faker-js/faker/blob/next/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/faker-js/faker (read 2026-11-08)
- runtime: https://fakerjs.dev/guide/ (read 2026-11-08)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/faker-js/faker/blob/v10.6.0/package.json (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://fakerjs.dev/guide/ (read 2026-11-08)
- license: https://github.com/faker-js/faker/blob/v10.6.0/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/faker-js/faker/blob/next/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/faker-js/faker/releases (read 2026-11-08)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/faker-js/faker/releases (read 2026-11-08)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/faker-js/faker (read 2026-11-08)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/faker-js/faker/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-08)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-11-01:2026-11-07/@faker-js/faker (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40faker-js%2Ffaker (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40faker-js%2Ffaker (read 2026-11-08)

## Notes

Faker is a JavaScript library that generates fake but realistic data for testing and development. It runs in the browser or in Node.js, and it is installed as a development dependency with a package manager. The [guide](https://fakerjs.dev/guide/) covers installation and usage.

The LICENSE file says the project is based on faker.js, the original package by Marak Squires and contributors. The [team update](https://fakerjs.dev/about/announcements/2022-01-14.html) says the original package was deleted from npm, and it names the maintainers.

## Worth knowing

The unscoped npm package named faker is a separate project, so the install uses the scoped name @faker-js/faker.

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