fake-useragent/fake-useragent
Up-to-date simple useragent faker with real world database observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 74
- Release rhythm 40
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 2
- age_days: 4930
- days_rel: 506
- days_push: 157
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
4049 stars · 538 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A Python library that generates realistic, up-to-date browser user-agent strings from a bundled real-world database. It supports random or browser-specific agents across desktop, tablet, and mobile device types with rich metadata.
Use cases
- generate random user-agent strings for web scraping
- rotate user agents to avoid bot detection
- get a Chrome or Firefox user agent in Python
- fake mobile or tablet user agents in requests
- pick realistic user agents weighted by real-world usage
- get user agent metadata like OS and browser version
When to choose
- you need realistic, frequently updated user-agent strings for scraping or testing
- you want per-browser or per-device-type user agents with metadata
- you want the data bundled in the package with no runtime downloads
When to avoid
- you need full browser fingerprint spoofing beyond the user-agent header
- you are not working in Python
- you need guaranteed anonymity or anti-bot evasion, which this alone does not provide
Facets
library · maturity active
data-generation web-scraping http-client crawlers web-development developer-tools python cross-platform user-agent faker scraping browser-spoofing
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/fake-useragent/fake-useragent · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6316ccbadeba
- homepage: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fake-useragent · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1a82b6f693fe
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/fake-useragent/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 207a1b9273e2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| fake-useragent/fake-useragent | main | 10 |
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