Is faker safe to use?

faker has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (40.15.0). DepScope rates its health at 75/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of faker?

The latest version of faker is 40.15.0, released 2026-04-17.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of faker.

No, faker is actively maintained. Latest release: 40.15.0 (2026-04-17).

Popular alternatives to faker in PyPI include: boto3, boto3/, packaging, urllib3/, certifi.

faker is licensed under MIT License.

pypiv40.15.0

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

License MIT Licensepermissive476 versions1 maintainers2 deps

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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

Dependencies (2)

API access

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