Is faker safe to use?

faker has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (3.8.0). DepScope rates its health at 73/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of faker?

The latest version of faker is 3.8.0, released 2026-04-16.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of faker.

No, faker is actively maintained. Latest release: 3.8.0 (2026-04-16).

Popular alternatives to faker in RubyGems include: jmespath, netrc, thread_safe, crass, tzinfo.

rubygemsv3.8.0

Faker, a port of Data::Faker from Perl, is used to easily generate fake data: names, addresses, phone numbers, etc.

License MITpermissive20 versions1 deps243,081 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 73/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Dependencies (1)

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/rubygems/faker