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Faker

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

Faker is a PHP library that generates fake data. It is published on Packagist as fakerphp/faker, and its documentation 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.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
François Zaninotto4
First release
20125

Releases

Current major version
17
Last release
2024-11-217

Adoption

GitHub stars
4,0033
Packagist downloads
454,325,9389
Contributors
3928
Dependent repositories
158,78110
Dependent packages
2,28810

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-11-08: name, links, Categories, License model
    github.com/FakerPHP/Faker/blob/2.0/README.md
  2. 2026-11-08: links, Runtime
    fakerphp.org/
  3. 2026-11-08: links, Written in, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/FakerPHP/Faker
  4. 2026-11-08: Maintainer
    github.com/FakerPHP/Faker/blob/2.0/LICENSE
  5. 2026-11-08: First release
    api.github.com/repos/FakerPHP/Faker/commits/v1.0.0
  6. 2026-11-08: Minimum runtime, License
    github.com/FakerPHP/Faker/blob/v1.24.1/composer.json
  7. 2026-11-08: Current major version, Last release
    api.github.com/repos/FakerPHP/Faker/releases
  8. 2026-11-08: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/FakerPHP/Faker/contributors?per_page=1
  9. 2026-11-08: Packagist downloads
    packagist.org/packages/fakerphp/faker.json
  10. 2026-11-08: Dependent packages, Dependent repositories
    packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/fakerphp%2Ffaker

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