Decision Workspace
fake_cli vs fakes-gen vs fake
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
fake_cli
growingv1.0.0-alpha.1
CLI app to generate fake/random data
35
fakes-gen
growingv0.2.6
This CLI tool is generate dummys whose option you specified. You can also specify formatter for csv, tsv and json. This program support multi-locale. When not support your locale and you want your locale faker, please pull-request your locale dummy data at https://github.com/ogata-k/fakes-gen-cli/pulls.
70
fake
stablev5.1.0
An easy to use library and command line for generating fake data like name, number, address, lorem, dates, etc.
Core Metrics
| fake_cli | fakes-gen | fake | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 35 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 3.5K | 126.8K | 11.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 11 | 1.1M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 3.3K |
| Releases | 2 | 8 | 42 |
| Last Updated | 2839d ago | 1208d ago | 11d ago |
| Age | 7y 9m | 6y 4m | 9y 9m |
Health Breakdown
fake_cli
Maintenance
3
Quality
19
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
fakes-gen
Maintenance
4
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
fake
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| fake_cli | fakes-gen | fake | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0-alpha.1 | 0.2.6 | 5.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 6 | 31 |
| Crate Size | 18KB | 88KB | 167KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 12.5% | 9.5% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •fake leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •fake is depended on by 3.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ fake_cli, fakes-gen have not been updated in over a year.
- •fakes-gen is pre-1.0 — API may change.