{"categories":[{"label":"Testing","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-testing/6"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"fake-factory is a deprecated package that generated fake data for bootstrapping databases, creating test documents, and anonymizing production data.","skillfed_tags":["deprecated","legacy"],"use_cases":["Auditing old projects to identify and replace deprecated fake-factory imports with maintained alternatives.","Understanding the history of fake data generation libraries in Python.","Migrating legacy test suites that depend on fake-factory to use a maintained package instead."],"what_it_does":"fake-factory was a Python package for generating fake data such as names, addresses, and text for use in testing, database bootstrapping, and data anonymization. It has been deprecated since December 15th, 2016. The package summary explicitly states it was deprecated and directs users to use an alternative. The fact sheet shows the repository remains active with recent commits (last commit 2026-08-03), but the package itself is marked as inactive in its classifiers. The package has zero runtime dependencies and low install friction, but this is irrelevant because it should not be used for new work.\n\nIf you encounter fake-factory as a dependency in an existing project, it is a signal that the project itself may be outdated or unmaintained. The package was first released on 2012-12-13 with its latest release on 2016-12-16.","worth_installing":"No. fake-factory is deprecated as of December 15th, 2016 and its summary explicitly directs users to use an alternative package instead. Do not install this package for new projects. If you encounter it as a dependency in existing code, replace it with the recommended alternative."},"id":"fake-factory","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/fake-factory","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/fake-factory.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/fake-factory/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2016-12-16","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"fake-factory","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"The `fake-factory` package was deprecated on December 15th, 2016. Use the `Faker` package instead."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":73466,"position":14994,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"9999.9.9"}