# Narasimha1997/fake-sms

A simple command line tool using which you can skip phone number based SMS verification by using a temporary phone number that acts like a proxy.

Repository: https://github.com/Narasimha1997/fake-sms
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fake-sms
Language: Go
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: golang, go, privacy, go-modules
Last push: 2023-08-01T15:34:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2022, "days_push": 1128, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2794, forks 185 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:22.288749+00:00)

## What it is
A Go-based command line tool that lets users skip SMS-based phone verification by obtaining temporary phone numbers from a third-party provider that act as proxies. It stores registered numbers in a local file-based database so they can be reused and their received messages viewed or dumped as JSON.

## Use cases
- skip sms verification with a temporary phone number
- get a disposable number to receive otp codes
- register fake phone numbers and reuse them later
- view sms messages sent to a temp number from the terminal
- avoid giving my real phone number to online services

## When to choose
- you need a quick CLI way to receive SMS verification codes without exposing your real number
- you want to save and manage multiple temp numbers locally for reuse
- you prefer a Go binary over shell-script alternatives

## When to avoid
- you need guaranteed delivery of SMS codes for critical accounts - temp providers are unreliable
- you want a GUI or web interface
- you need a maintained tool - the underlying provider has already changed once and releases stopped in 2023

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, privacy, developer-tools
- domain: privacy, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform, go
- tags: temporary-phone-numbers, sms-verification, sms-proxy, disposable-numbers, otp-bypass, command-line

## Member repositories
- Narasimha1997/fake-sms (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:22.288749+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:14:49.070508+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Narasimha1997/fake-sms (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:22.288749+00:00, sha b58891b52c61)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.