# Faker

PHP library that generates fake data for tests, database seeding and anonymized datasets.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://fakerphp.org/
- repository: https://github.com/FakerPHP/Faker
- docs: https://fakerphp.org/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: François Zaninotto
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: testing
- hosting: not applicable
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.4
- 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: unknown

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-11-21

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4003
- packagistDownloads: 454325938
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 392
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 158781
- dependentPackages: 2288

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/FakerPHP/Faker/blob/2.0/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://fakerphp.org/ (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/FakerPHP/Faker (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://github.com/FakerPHP/Faker/blob/2.0/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainer: https://github.com/FakerPHP/Faker/blob/2.0/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/FakerPHP/Faker/commits/v1.0.0 (read 2026-11-08)
- category: https://github.com/FakerPHP/Faker/blob/2.0/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/FakerPHP/Faker (read 2026-11-08)
- runtime: https://fakerphp.org/ (read 2026-11-08)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/FakerPHP/Faker/blob/v1.24.1/composer.json (read 2026-11-08)
- license: https://github.com/FakerPHP/Faker/blob/v1.24.1/composer.json (read 2026-11-08)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/FakerPHP/Faker/blob/2.0/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/FakerPHP/Faker/releases (read 2026-11-08)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/FakerPHP/Faker/releases (read 2026-11-08)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/FakerPHP/Faker (read 2026-11-08)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/FakerPHP/Faker/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-08)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/fakerphp/faker.json (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/fakerphp%2Ffaker (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/fakerphp%2Ffaker (read 2026-11-08)

## Notes

Faker is a PHP library that generates fake data. It is published on Packagist as fakerphp/faker, and its [documentation](https://fakerphp.org/) covers installation, usage and the available formatters.

The repository belongs to the FakerPHP organization on GitHub, and its LICENSE file names François Zaninotto as copyright holder.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0