Is faker safe to use?

faker has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (40.31.0). DepScope rates its health at 75/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of faker?

The latest version of faker is 40.31.0, released 2026-07-14.

Does faker have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of faker.

No, faker is actively maintained. Latest release: 40.31.0 (2026-07-14).

What are alternatives to faker?

Popular alternatives to faker in PyPI include: python-dateutil, cffi, click, fsspec, h11.

What license does faker use?

faker is licensed under MIT License.

faker

pypiv40.31.0

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

License MIT Licensepermissive496 versions1 maintainers2 deps

joke2k/faker

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 75/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

10/15

community

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.

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faker

pypiv40.31.0

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

License MIT Licensepermissive496 versions1 maintainers2 deps

joke2k/faker

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 75/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

10/15

community

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