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id: fake-factory
version: "9999.9.9"
license: MIT License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# fake-factory — The `fake-factory` package was deprecated on December 15th, 2016. Use the `Faker` package instead.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 73.5K/mo

## What it is and 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.

If you encounter fake-factory as a dependency in an existing project, it is a signal that the project itself may be outdated or unmaintained.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.

Use it for:

- 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.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

fake-factory is a deprecated package that generated fake data for bootstrapping databases, creating test documents, and anonymizing production data.

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.

## Install

pip install fake-factory
uv add fake-factory
poetry add fake-factory

## Installing fake-factory

Before you install: This package is explicitly deprecated as of December 15th, 2016 and no longer maintained. The repository shows recent activity, but the package itself is marked inactive.

License in practice: Licensed under MIT (permissive), so commercial and private use are permitted, but this is moot given the package is deprecated.

Quickstart:

# fake-factory is deprecated since December 15th, 2016
# The package summary directs users to use an alternative instead
import fake_factory

fake-factory is deprecated since December 15th, 2016 and should not be used for new projects.

Verify before relying:

- What replacement package the maintainers recommend (the summary mentions one but does not name it in the fact sheet).
- Whether any active projects still depend on fake-factory and cannot migrate.
- Whether the deprecated package will be removed from PyPI or remain archived indefinitely.

## Package facts

- License: MIT License (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 73.5K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

fake data generation, test data generator, database bootstrap, mock data creation, anonymize production data, deprecated package, data generation library, deprecated, legacy

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