Faker
Python package that generates fake data for tests, database seeding and anonymized datasets.
faker.readthedocs.io/en/stable/repositorydocsplugins
Faker is a Python package that generates fake data. It is installed with pip from PyPI, and its extended docs list the bundled providers and the community providers.
The LICENSE file names Daniele Faraglia as copyright holder, and the repository belongs to the joke2k account on GitHub.
Worth knowing
The package was earlier published as fake-factory, which the README calls deprecated. The README asks that projects and their dependencies do not depend on the old package.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Daniele Faraglia4
- Maintained by
- Individual
- First release
- 20105
Rendering and deploy
- Install with
- pip, from PyPI1
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-11-08: name, Categories, Install with, License model
github.com/joke2k/faker/blob/master/README.rst - 2026-11-08: links
faker.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ - 2026-11-08: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/joke2k/faker - 2026-11-08: Maintainer
github.com/joke2k/faker/blob/master/LICENSE.txt - 2026-11-08: First release, Runtime, Minimum runtime, Last release
pypi.org/pypi/Faker/json - 2026-11-08: Current major version
api.github.com/repos/joke2k/faker/releases - 2026-11-08: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/joke2k/faker/contributors?per_page=1 - 2026-11-08: Dependent packages, Dependent repositories
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/Faker