Is faker safe to use?

faker has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (40.39.0). DepScope rates its health at 95/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of faker?

The latest version of faker is 40.39.0, released 2026-09-14.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of faker.

No, faker is actively maintained. Latest release: 40.39.0 (2026-09-14).

Popular alternatives to faker in PyPI include: typing_extensions, six, annotated_types, python_dotenv, importlib-metadata.

faker is licensed under MIT License.

pypiv40.39.0

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

License MIT Licensepermissive506 versions1 maintainers3 deps14,825,427 weekly dl

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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

Dependencies (3)

API access

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