benkeen/generatedata

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2280 stars · 612 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Generatedata is a self-hosted web application and engine for generating random test data in many formats such as CSV, SQL, and JSON. It ships with dozens of built-in data types, export types, and country-specific data sets, and is extensible with custom plugins.

Use cases

• generate random test data for a database
• create fake user records with names and emails
• generate sample CSV files for testing an import feature
• produce mock JSON payloads for API development
• generate country-specific address data like cities and regions
• seed a dev database with realistic random rows

When to choose

• you need varied, realistic random test data in multiple export formats
• you want a self-hosted tool with country-specific data sets
• you need an extensible engine you can add custom data types to

When to avoid

• you only need a lightweight in-code faker library inside your test suite
• you need deterministic, seeded data generation for reproducible tests
• you don't want to run a Docker-based self-hosted application

Facets

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data-generation testing csv developer-tools testing self-hosted test-data-generator random-data fake-data data-types export-formats extensible-engine data-engineering docker nodejs web-server

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