DuckDB.NET vs datafaker

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DuckDB.NET		datafaker
	Project
5	Mentions	15
275	Stars	1,015
-	Growth	7.0%
9.5	Activity	9.4
6 days ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
C#	Language	Java
MIT License	License	Apache License 2.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

DuckDB.NET

Posts with mentions or reviews of DuckDB.NET. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-03.

Announcing DuckDB 0.8.0
1 project | /r/programming | 18 May 2023

0.8.0 version of DuckDB provider for .NET was released too.
The Icculus Microgrant is giving out 250 dollar grants to open source projects, please brag about your project(s) in this thread so I can see them!
63 projects | /r/programming | 3 Mar 2023

I'm working on DuckDB.NET, a .Net driver for DuckDB
Any open source libraries that I can contribute to?
8 projects | /r/dotnet | 26 Jul 2022

Bindings and ADO.NET Provider for DuckDB
Marshaling native string to .Net in Linux
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 29 Jun 2022

I'm building a managed library for DuckDb and to get the error message when a query fails I need to pinvoke this method:
Looking for some project to contribute.
9 projects | /r/dotnet | 4 May 2021

The second one is an ADO.NET provider for DuckDB which is an embedded SQL OLAP database management system: DuckDB.NET

datafaker

Posts with mentions or reviews of datafaker. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-30.

Built a library to help generate test pojos with relevant but random data. I’d love some feedback.
7 projects | /r/java | 30 Apr 2023

Looks like that link doesn't actually go where it says, try this https://github.com/datafaker-net/datafaker
The Icculus Microgrant is giving out 250 dollar grants to open source projects, please brag about your project(s) in this thread so I can see them!
63 projects | /r/programming | 3 Mar 2023

Give it a try https://github.com/datafaker-net/datafaker
datafaker VS holodb - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 8 Jan 2023
Instancio 2.2.0 released
5 projects | /r/java | 3 Jan 2023

Looks a lot like DataFaker Any pros and cons or differences compared to this?
Datafaker: Generating fake data for the Java, Kotlin, Scala
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2022
Java: Automating data setup in unit tests
2 projects | /r/java | 31 Oct 2022

Great library, and thanks for sharing. I maintain something add similar but different (https://www.datafaker.net), and it would be interesting to be able to use these libraries together for example.
Show HN: UI Filler – placeholders for your designs
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Jun 2022
Seasoned java developer here. Planning to learn Kotlin. What are some good open source Kotlin projects I can contribute to?
3 projects | /r/Kotlin | 12 Jun 2022

For example, I run a project (https://www.datafaker.net), which is currently a Java application, but we'd like to extend it with a Kotlin module.
Open source Java projects
5 projects | /r/java | 24 Feb 2022

I'm running a project myself, https://www.datafaker.net, a project to generate real looking test data.
The Faker.js Saga Continues
2 projects | /r/javascript | 8 Jan 2022

It's a shame though that it's so hard to contribute to certain libraries. I forked Javafaker to https://www.datafaker.net with the idea of accepting most if not all PRs within a day. It bothers me when people put time and effort into fixing things and they don't get accepted.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing DuckDB.NET and datafaker you can also consider the following projects:

EasyData - Adaptive CRUD for ASP.NET Core. With EasyData you can get both API endpoints and client-side UI for all CRUD operations in a matter of minutes using just your DbContext and a few lines of code.

Java Faker - Brings the popular ruby faker gem to Java

Silk.NET - The high-speed OpenGL, OpenCL, OpenAL, OpenXR, GLFW, SDL, Vulkan, Assimp, WebGPU, and DirectX bindings library your mother warned you about.

JSON-Schema Faker - JSON-Schema + fake data generators

ikvm - A Java Virtual Machine and Bytecode-to-IL Converter for .NET [Moved to: https://github.com/ikvmnet/ikvm]

instancio - A library that creates fully populated objects for your unit tests.

GraphQLinq - LINQ to GraphQL - Strongly typed GraphQL queries with LINQ query syntax. No more magic strings and runtime errors.

Apache Camel - Apache Camel is an open source integration framework that empowers you to quickly and easily integrate various systems consuming or producing data.

php-mercure - Mercure server implemented in plain PHP

Mockneat - MockNeat - the modern faker lib.

Xamarin.SwiftUI - .NET bindings for SwiftUI

wp-plugin-leaflet-map - Add leaflet maps to Wordpress with shortcodes