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