# Install fake

An easy to use library and command line for generating fake data like name, number, address, lorem, dates, etc. Version 5.1.0 via Cargo; verified 2026-03-16.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:fake
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install fake
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** cargo:fake
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager URL:** <https://crates.io/crates/fake>
- **Version:** 5.1.0
- **Source summary:** An easy to use library and command line for generating fake data like name, number, address, lorem, dates, etc.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/cksac/fake-rs>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/cksac/fake-rs>
- **License:** MIT OR Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/fake/fake-5.1.0.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-03-16 14:11:39.807864+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-16 14:11:39.807864+00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-18T16:49:02+00:00

## Executables

- fake (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.

## Install Behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-18
- Package-manager version: 5.1.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for fake. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** crates.io database dump
- **Crate ID:** 5,538
- **Crate Size:** 167,313
- **Edition:** 2021
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 42
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.63
- **Version ID:** 2,129,069

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - fake - 1.1.11-3.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fake from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | IP address takeover tool | https://projects.horms.net/projects/fake/
- Ubuntu apt - fake - 1.1.11-3.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fake from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | IP address takeover tool | https://projects.horms.net/projects/fake/
- Chocolatey - fake: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: fake from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','fah'
- Scoop - main/fake: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fake.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Sources

- crates.io package index
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph