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dominicwatts/faker
==================

Console based fake data generator - just generate what you need

1.2.4(3y ago)413.5k9proprietaryPHPPHP >=7.4.0

Since Jun 8Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Faker extension
===============

[](#faker-extension)

[![php-cs-fixer](https://github.com/DominicWatts/Faker/actions/workflows/phpcsfixer.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/DominicWatts/Faker/actions/workflows/phpcsfixer.yml)

[![php-cs-fixer](https://github.com/DominicWatts/Faker/actions/workflows/phpcsfixer.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/DominicWatts/Faker/actions/workflows/phpcsfixer.yml)

[![M2 Coding Standard](https://github.com/DominicWatts/Faker/actions/workflows/phpcs.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/DominicWatts/Faker/actions/workflows/phpcs.yml)

[![M2 PHPStan](https://github.com/DominicWatts/Faker/actions/workflows/phpstan.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/DominicWatts/Faker/actions/workflows/phpstan.yml)

Magento 2 extension to generate fake data.

This extension uses `fzaninotto/faker`

Docs for this package can be found here:

Install instructions
====================

[](#install-instructions)

`composer require dominicwatts/faker`

`php bin/magento setup:upgrade`

Note: version 1.2.0 is php 7.4 compatible, use ^1.1 for < php 7.4

Usage instructions
==================

[](#usage-instructions)

Locale is defined inside `Xigen\Faker\Helper\Data`

Content is generated via the following console commands

Generate Customer
-----------------

[](#generate-customer)

`xigen:faker:customer [-w|--website WEBSITE] [-l|--limit [LIMIT]] [--] `

php bin/magento xigen:faker:customer generate

php bin/magento xigen:faker:customer -w 1 generate

php bin/magento xigen:faker:customer -w 1 -l 10 generate

Generate Product
----------------

[](#generate-product)

### todo: link configurable/group to simples

[](#todo-link-configurablegroup-to-simples)

`xigen:faker:product [-w|--website WEBSITE] [-l|--limit [LIMIT]] [-t|--type [TYPE]] [--]  `

php bin/magento xigen:faker:product generate

php bin/magento xigen:faker:product -l 10 generate

php bin/magento xigen:faker:product -l 10 generate applyImage

php bin/magento xigen:faker:product -w 1 generate

php bin/magento xigen:faker:product -w 1 -l 10 generate

php bin/magento xigen:faker:product -w 1 -l 10 -t simple generate

Generate Category
-----------------

[](#generate-category)

`xigen:faker:category [-s|--store STORE] [-l|--limit [LIMIT]] [--] `

php bin/magento xigen:faker:category generate

php bin/magento xigen:faker:category -s 0 generate

php bin/magento xigen:faker:category -s 0 -l 10 generate

Generate Order
--------------

[](#generate-order)

`xigen:faker:order [-s|--store STORE] [-l|--limit [LIMIT]] [--] `

php bin/magento xigen:faker:order generate

php bin/magento xigen:faker:order -s 1 generate

php bin/magento xigen:faker:order -s 1 -l 1 generate

Generate Review
---------------

[](#generate-review)

`xigen:faker:review [-s|--store STORE] [-l|--limit [LIMIT]] [--] `

php bin/magento xigen:faker:review generate

php bin/magento xigen:faker:review -s 1 generate

php bin/magento xigen:faker:review -s 1 -l 10 generate

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 77.5% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~44 days

Recently: every ~98 days

Total

28

Last Release

1326d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)1.1.5PHP ~5.6.0||~7.0.0||~7.1.0||~7.2.0||~7.3.0

1.1.14PHP >=7.1.3

1.1.15PHP ^7.0.0||^7.1.0||^7.2.0||^7.3.0

1.2.0PHP >=7.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/44d79495721d844614b7004c5811ff2ab7cf15c9be3544000f7ee89f3e187de3?d=identicon)[DominicPixie](/maintainers/DominicPixie)

---

Top Contributors

[![DominicWatts](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7295705?v=4)](https://github.com/DominicWatts "DominicWatts (79 commits)")[![XigenDominic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6814203?v=4)](https://github.com/XigenDominic "XigenDominic (13 commits)")[![DomPixie](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94372161?v=4)](https://github.com/DomPixie "DomPixie (8 commits)")[![gjportegies](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6707410?v=4)](https://github.com/gjportegies "gjportegies (1 commits)")[![paugnu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/506393?v=4)](https://github.com/paugnu "paugnu (1 commits)")

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