ffaker/ffaker
Faker refactored. observed · 2026-10-14
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 70
- Release rhythm 40
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0
- age_days: 6122
- days_rel: 625
- days_push: 180
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
1572 stars · 556 forks observed · 2026-10-14
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
ffaker is a Ruby library for generating fake data such as names, emails, and addresses, originally created as a faster rewrite of the faker gem. It offers a largely compatible API with additional modules and localization data contributed by the community.
Use cases
- generate fake names and emails for tests
- seed a database with realistic sample data
- speed up a slow Ruby spec suite
- create repeatable test data with a fixed random seed
- generate unique fake values in tests
- add fake data generation to a Rails development environment
When to choose
- you need fake data generation in Ruby and want a lightweight, fast library
- you want API modules or locale data not available in faker
- you need deterministic fake data via random seeding in Minitest or RSpec
When to avoid
- your project already uses faker and you don't need ffaker's divergent additions
- you need fake data in a language other than Ruby
Facets
library · maturity stable
data-generation testing developer-tools testing ruby cross-platform fake-data seed-data ruby-gem test-fixtures faker-fork
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ffaker/ffaker · fetched 2026-10-14 · cd9ff50fec89
- homepage: https://github.com/ffaker/ffaker · fetched 2026-08-29 · d91184fcfab0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ffaker/ffaker | main | 66 |
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