# Install faker with Homebrew, apt Python-based fake data generator. Version 40.36.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-24. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install faker. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:faker ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install faker ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install faker ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: faker from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:faker - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 40.36.0 - **Source summary:** Python-based fake data generator - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-24T23:52:44Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - faker (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 40.36.0 ## Project history and usage Faker is a Python package and command-line tool for generating fake data such as names, addresses, text, localized values, and provider-specific test fixtures. ### Project history The project presents itself as a Python fake-data generator inspired by PHP Faker, Perl Faker, and Ruby Faker. PyPI metadata has an archived 0.0.2 upload in 2010, while the repository changelog records 0.1 as the first release in 2012; subsequent history shows years of provider, locale, CLI, and compatibility work. Faker was previously distributed under the fake-factory name; the official README says that package name was deprecated by the end of 2016, and the changelog records the PyPI package rename to Faker in 2016. ### Adoption history Faker became common infrastructure for Python tests, fixtures, demos, anonymization workflows, and sample-data generation. The official docs call out direct Python use, command-line invocation, pytest fixture support, bundled providers, community providers, and localization. The input package facts show it packaged for Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu, which reflects adoption beyond PyPI into operating-system and developer workstation package channels. ### How it is used Typical use starts with installing Faker and constructing a faker.Faker() generator, then calling provider methods such as name(), address(), text(), or locale-specific providers. The installed faker CLI can emit generated values directly and supports output files, locales, repeat counts, separators, and custom provider imports. ### Why package nerds care Package maintainers care about Faker because it sits at the intersection of libraries and CLI tooling: it exposes a Python API, a command-line executable, localization datasets, pytest integration, and a large provider surface that changes as real-world formats evolve. Its package-history details matter during dependency curation because older ecosystems may still reference fake-factory, Python 2 compatibility ended at the 3.x/4.x transition, and modern releases continuously add locale data and provider behavior. ### Timeline - 2010: PyPI metadata has an archived Faker 0.0.2 upload. - 2012: Official changelog records Faker 0.1 as the first release. - 2016: PyPI package was renamed to Faker and fake-factory was deprecated. - 2018: Faker 1.0.0 was released. - 2019: Faker 3.0.0 added multiple-locale data generation. - 2020: Faker 4.0.0 removed Python 2.7 support; Faker 5.0.0 dropped Python 3.5 support. ### Related projects - The official README credits PHP Faker, Perl Faker, and Ruby Faker as inspirations, and the docs list bundled and community providers as extension points around the core generator. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager - supplied input lists Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu packaging. ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for faker. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - faker - 33.3.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: faker from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Python program that generates fake data | https://github.com/joke2k/faker - Debian apt - faker-doc - 33.3.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: faker-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Faker is a Python library that generates fake data (Documentation) | https://github.com/joke2k/faker - Debian apt - python3-fake-factory - 33.3.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-fake-factory from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Faker is a Python library that generates fake data (Python 3) | https://github.com/joke2k/faker - Ubuntu apt - faker - 22.0.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: faker from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Python program that generates fake data | https://github.com/joke2k/faker - Ubuntu apt - python3-fake-factory - 22.0.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-fake-factory from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Faker is a Python library that generates fake data (Python 3) | https://github.com/joke2k/faker ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/faker.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/faker.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph