Is Faker safe to use?

Faker has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (40.23.0). DepScope rates its health at 95/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of Faker?

The latest version of Faker is 40.23.0, released 2026-06-10.

Does Faker have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of Faker.

No, Faker is actively maintained. Latest release: 40.23.0 (2026-06-10).

What are alternatives to Faker?

Popular alternatives to Faker in PyPI include: boto3, packaging, certifi, urllib3, idna.

What license does Faker use?

Faker is licensed under MIT License.

Faker

pypiv40.23.0

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

License MIT Licensepermissive485 versions1 maintainers2 deps18,625,928 weekly dl

joke2k/faker

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 95/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

10/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

19

Contributors (12m)

23

Primary author dominance

66%

GitHub stars

19,220

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (2)

tzdata;tzdata;

API access

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Faker

pypiv40.23.0

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

License MIT Licensepermissive485 versions1 maintainers2 deps18,625,928 weekly dl

joke2k/faker

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 95/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

10/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

19

Contributors (12m)

23

Primary author dominance

66%

GitHub stars

19,220

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (2)

tzdata;tzdata;

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/pypi/Faker