# emirozer/fake2db

create custom test databases that are populated with fake data

Repository: https://github.com/emirozer/fake2db
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fake2db
Language: Python
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: fake-content, faker, data, database, python
Last push: 2019-11-25T09:19:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4579, "days_push": 2473, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2347, forks 120 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:39.940318+00:00)

## What it is
A Python CLI tool that generates test databases populated with realistic fake data, supporting sqlite, mysql, postgresql, mongodb, redis, and couchdb. It supports custom schemas, locales, and seeding for reproducible datasets.

## Use cases
- generate a test database filled with fake data
- populate sqlite with dummy rows for testing
- create fake data in postgresql for development
- seed a mongodb collection with random test records
- generate reproducible fake datasets with a fixed seed
- create custom-schema test tables with fake columns

## When to choose
- you need realistic fake data in an actual database engine for testing
- you want a quick CLI to spin up populated test databases
- you need locale-specific or seeded fake data

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained tooling (last release 2019)
- you only need in-memory fake objects rather than a database
- you need GPL-2.0-incompatible licensing in your project

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: data-generation, database, cli, testing
- domain: databases, developer-tools, testing
- platform: python, cli, windows
- tags: fake-data, test-databases, faker, sqlite, mysql, postgresql, mongodb, redis, couchdb, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- emirozer/fake2db (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:39.940318+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 2026-08-30T02:37:00.431541+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/emirozer/fake2db (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:39.940318+00:00, sha 38632cc602c1)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/fake2db/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:31.669315+00:00, sha 4efce949e68a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.