Java Faker (Modern Fork)

A modern, maintained fork of the original java-faker library — now updated for Java 17+, Gradle builds, and active maintenance.

Java Faker generates realistic fake data for testing, prototyping, and data anonymization.
Easily create names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, dates, and thousands of other localized fake values.

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✨ Features

• ✅ Java 17+ compatible
• ✅ Active maintenance and bug fixes
• ✅ Hundreds of faker categories (names, addresses, finance, internet, lorem, etc.)
• ✅ Compatible with Maven and Gradle
• ✅ Fully deterministic with seed support
• ✅ Modernized build (Gradle, modularized resources, JUnit 5 tests)

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📦 Installation

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.github.milbmr</groupId>
    <artifactId>faker</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>

Gradle

dependencies {
    implementation 'io.github.milbmr:faker:1.0.0'
}

🚀 Quick Start

In your Java code

import com.github.faker.Faker;

Faker faker = new Faker();

String name = faker.name().fullName(); // Miss Samanta Schmidt
String firstName = faker.name().firstName(); // Emory
String lastName = faker.name().lastName(); // Barton

String streetAddress = faker.address().streetAddress(); // 60018 Sawayn Brooks Suite 449

Fakers

• Address
• Ancient
• Animal
• App
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Artist
• Avatar
• Back To The Future
• Aviation
• Basketball
• Beer
• Bojack Horseman
• Book
• Bool
• Business
• ChuckNorris
• Cat
• Code
• Coin
• Color
• Commerce
• Company
• Crypto
• DateAndTime
• Demographic
• Disease
• Dog
• DragonBall
• Dune
• Educator
• Esports
• EnglandFootBall
• File
• Finance
• Food
• Friends
• FunnyName
• GameOfThrones
• Gender
• Hacker
• HarryPotter
• Hipster
• HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy
• Hobbit
• HowIMetYourMother
• IdNumber
• Internet
• Job
• Kaamelott
• LeagueOfLegends
• Lebowski
• LordOfTheRings
• Lorem
• Matz
• Music
• Name
• Nation
• Number
• Options
• Overwatch
• PhoneNumber
• Photography
• Pokemon
• Princess Bride
• Relationship Terms
• RickAndMorty
• Robin
• RockBand
• Shakespeare
• Sip
• SlackEmoji
• Space
• StarCraft
• StarTrek
• Stock
• Superhero
• Team
• TwinPeaks
• University
• Weather
• Witcher
• Yoda
• Zelda

Usage with Locales

Faker faker = new Faker(new Locale("YOUR_LOCALE"));

Supported Locales

• bg
• ca
• ca-CAT
• da-DK
• de
• de-AT
• de-CH
• en
• en-AU
• en-au-ocker
• en-BORK
• en-CA
• en-GB
• en-IND
• en-MS
• en-NEP
• en-NG
• en-NZ
• en-PAK
• en-SG
• en-UG
• en-US
• en-ZA
• es
• es-MX
• fa
• fi-FI
• fr
• he
• hu
• in-ID
• it
• ja
• ko
• nb-NO
• nl
• pl
• pt
• pt-BR
• ru
• sk
• sv
• sv-SE
• tr
• uk
• vi
• zh-CN
• zh-TW

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2025 milbmr. See the LICENSE file for license rights and limitations.