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faker

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Faker is a Python package that generates fake data for you.

Last release 2 days ago
29 Sep 2026
Ships fairly regularly
a new release about every 2 weeks
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 60 of the last 60 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
16 years old
507 releases · first in 2010

Release timeline

507 releases since 2010

20102012201420162018

Releases

0.8.028 Aug 20172 sources agree
Add identity_card_number for pl_PL person provider. Thanks @pdaw.
Add identity_card_number for pl_PL person provider. Thanks @pdaw.

More descriptive error message when a formatter is not found. Thanks @fcurella.

Add time_series provider. Thanks @fcurella.

Add per-instance seeding via .seed_instance method. Thanks @reverbc.

Fix tz_TW address provider. Thanks @clarmso.
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0.7.1819 Jul 2017Deprecated2 sources agree
Fix deprecated usage of print statement in README. Thanks @cclauss.
Generate proper dates before 1970. Thanks @kungfu71186.

Made it possible to seed .binary(). Thanks @kungfu71186.

Add color names for hr_HR. Thanks @mislavcimpersak.

Add implementation of ssn provider for the pl_PL locale. Thanks @pdaw.

Add pt_BR colors localization. Thanks @ppcmiranda.

Create a method for codes of cryptocurrencies in the currency provider. Thanks @illia-v.

Fix female name format typo in hu_HU person provider. Thanks @swilcox.

Fix deprecated usage of print statement in README. Thanks @cclauss.

Add gender-specific names for sv_SE person provider. Thanks @swilcox.

Add an implementation of regon for pl_PL company provider. Thanks @pdaw.

Addi an implementation of local_regon for pl_PL company provider. Thanks @pdaw.

Replace deprecated getargspec on py3. Thanks @fcurella.

Add new automotive provider. Thanks @zafarali.

Add an implementation of company_vat for pl_PL company provider. Thanks @pdaw.

Add Taiwan/Traditional character support for internet and lorem providers. Thanks @bearnun.

Use random.choices when available for better performance. Thanks @catleeball.

Refactor RGB color methods. Thanks @catleeball.

One column per quarter.

0.7.1712 Jun 20172 sources agree

Fix a timezone issue with the date_time_between_dates provider.

Fix a timezone issue with the date_time_between_dates provider.

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0.7.169 Jun 20172 sources agree

Fix timezone issues with date_time_between provider.

Fix timezone issues with date_time_between provider.
Add ext_word_list parameter to methods in the Lorem generator. Thanks @guinslym.

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0.7.152 Jun 20172 sources agree

Fix start and end date for datetime provider methods.

Fix start and end date for datetime provider methods.

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0.7.142 Jun 20172 sources agree

Fix future_date, and past_date` bounds.

Fix future_date, `and past_date bounds.

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0.7.132 Jun 20172 sources agree

Remove capitalisation from hu_HU addresses. Thanks @Newman101.

Remove capitalisation from hu_HU addresses. Thanks @Newman101.
Add et_EE (Estonian) provider: names and ssn. Thanks @trtd.
Proper prefix for gender in pl_PL names. Thanks @zgoda.
Add DateTime provider for pl_PL. Thanks @zgoda.
Add pl_PL internet data provider. Thanks @zgoda.
Fix diacritics in pl_PL street names. Thanks @zgoda.
Add future_date, future_datetime, past_date and past_datetime to DateTime Provider

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0.7.1210 May 20172 sources agree

Add Japanese lorem provider. Thanks @richmondwang.

Add Japanese lorem provider. Thanks @richmondwang.
Add hr_HR names of month and names of days. Thanks @mislavcimpersak.
Add sl_SI names of month and names of days. Thanks @mislavcimpersak.
Update the provider user_agent. Thanks @illia-v.
Add russian words for date_time. Thanks @iskhomutov.
Add Georgian (ka_GE) person and address providers. Thanks @GeorgeLubaretsi.
Add company provider to hu_HU locale. Thanks @Newman101.
Allow subdomains for domain_name provider. Thanks @hiagofigueiro.
Implement hu_HU months + days. Thanks @Newman101.
Replacement rules for emails à->a, è->e in de_DE internet provider. Thanks @Bergil32.

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0.7.119 Apr 20172 sources agree

Added french words for days and months. Thanks @sblondon.

Added french words for days and months. Thanks @sblondon.
Reorganized tests. Thanks @grantbachman.
Added file path provider. Thanks @diegommarino.
Fixed packaging issue with tests module. Thanks @eukreign for the report.

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0.7.1013 Mar 20172 sources agree

Add ISBN-10 and ISBN-13. Thanks @grantbachman.

Add ISBN-10 and ISBN-13. Thanks @grantbachman.
Add colors for fr_FR. Thanks @sblondon.

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0.7.926 Feb 20172 sources agree

Fix packaging issue. Thanks @jorti.

Fix packaging issue. Thanks @jorti.

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0.7.824 Feb 20172 sources agree

Add a Russian language to color provider. Thanks @kotyara1005.

Add a Russian language to color provider. Thanks @kotyara1005.
Correct UnboundLocalError in Finnish SSN generator. Thanks @lamby.
Create internet IT provider. Thanks @GlassGruber.
Add fix_len parameter to random_number. Thanks @vlad-ki.
Support zh_CN lorem. Thanks @yihuang.
Customize chinese word connector. Thanks @yihuang.
Add more company data to fa_IR. Thanks @aminalaee.
Python 3.6 support. Thanks @stephane.
Add hu_HU providers. Thanks @chrisvoncsefalvay.
Fix tests failures.

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0.7.720 Dec 20162 sources agree

Fix no_NO postcodes. Thanks @kdeldycke.

Fix no_NO postcodes. Thanks @kdeldycke.
Fix fa_IR city generator. Thanks @kdeldycke.

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0.7.619 Dec 20162 sources agree

Fix packaging issue with docs directory. Thanks @wyattanderson.

Fix packaging issue with docs directory. Thanks @wyattanderson.

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0.7.516 Dec 2016Deprecated2 sources agree

Deprecate fake-factory package on PyPI.

Deprecate fake-factory package on PyPI.

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0.7.416 Dec 20162 sources agree

Add Ukrainian address provider. Thanks @illia-v.

Add Ukrainian address provider. Thanks @illia-v.
Add Ukrainian internet provider. Thanks @illia-v.
Middle name support for person.ru_RU provider. Thanks @zeal18.
Add address, company, internet and SSN provider for ru_RU. Thanks @zeal18.
Improved address.pl_PL provider. Thanks @pkisztelinski.
Add date and time object providers. Thanks @jtojnar.
Refactor Korean address methods. Thanks @item4.
Add provider for locale nl_BE (address, phone, ssn). Thanks @vema.
Add additional job titles. Thanks @wontonst.
Add Ukrainian color provider. Thanks @illia-v.
Add support to brazilian company IDs (CNPJ). Thanks @lamenezes.
Improve the Internet provider. Thanks@illia-v.
Improve the Ukrainian person provider. Thanks @illia-v.
Improve some SSN providers. Thanks @illia-v.
Improve code samples in README.rst and docs/index.rst. Thanks @illia-v.
Improve the method locale. Thanks @illia-v.
Fix pyfloat. Thanks @illia-v.
Allow left/right_digits=0 for pyfloat. Thanks @mnalt.
update fa_IR person names and phone numbers. Thanks @aminalaee.

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0.7.316 Sept 20162 sources agree

date_time_this_century now returns datetime s outside the current decade. Thanks @JarUrb.

date_time_this_century now returns datetime s outside the current decade. Thanks @JarUrb.
Add support for localized jobs for hr_HR. Thanks @mislavcimpersak.
Adding support for Croatian hr_HR ssn (oib). Thanks @mislavcimpersak.
Rename PyPI package to Faker.

Open source →

0.7.116 Sept 2016