---
id: faker-e164
version: "0.1.0"
license: Apache
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# faker-e164 — Faker Provider to generate phone numbers in E164 format.

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 88.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

faker-e164 is a provider plugin for the Faker data-generation library that adds the ability to generate phone numbers in E164 format (the international standard for phone number representation). It works by registering a custom provider with a Faker instance, then calling the e164() method to produce formatted phone numbers suitable for testing and development.

The package is minimal and focused: it has no runtime dependencies beyond Faker itself and exists solely to fill a gap in Faker's built-in providers. However, it has been abandoned since mid-2017 and shows no maintenance activity. The codebase targets Python 3.3–3.6, which are now end-of-life, and there is no evidence of compatibility testing or updates for modern Python versions.

Use it for:

- Generate realistic E164 phone numbers for unit tests that validate phone number parsing or storage.
- Populate test databases with fake but valid-format phone numbers for integration testing.
- Create mock data for API testing where E164 format is required by the service contract.

## Worth the install?

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

Generates fake E164-formatted phone numbers for use with the Faker library in testing and development.

No. The package is abandoned (last release July 2017, last commit October 2022) and targets obsolete Python versions (3.3–3.6). While the Apache license is permissive and there are no known vulnerabilities, the lack of maintenance means it will not receive bug fixes, security updates, or compatibility patches for modern Python. For new projects, consider using Faker's built-in phone number providers or a maintained alternative.

## Install

pip install faker-e164
uv add faker-e164
poetry add faker-e164

## Installing faker-e164

Before you install: Installation friction is high due to the package being archived and unmaintained since 2022. The last commit was over three years ago, and the project shows no active maintenance or updates.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache (permissive), which allows broad use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—no licensing barrier to adoption.

Quickstart:

pip install faker-e164

from faker import Faker
from faker_e164.providers import E164Provider
fake = Faker()
fake.add_provider(E164Provider)
fake.e164()

Requires Faker library as an implicit dependency; package targets Python 3.3–3.6 and may not work reliably on modern Python versions.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package works on Python versions beyond 3.6 despite classifier declarations.
- Whether Faker dependency version constraints are enforced or if any version of Faker is compatible.
- Current state of the GitHub repository and whether it accepts pull requests or is fully frozen.

## Package facts

- License: Apache (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: high
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 88.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

faker phone number provider, e164 phone number generator, fake e164 numbers, faker testing provider, phone number mocking, test data generation phone, abandoned, test-data

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