Top 5 fake-content Open-Source Projects

vue-content-placeholders

1 1,590 0.0 JavaScript

Composable components for rendering fake (progressive) content like facebook in vue
faker

3 1,014 7.4 Elixir

Faker is a pure Elixir library for generating fake data. (by elixirs)

Project mention: Test Data Libraries for Elixir | dev.to | 2023-05-02

Faker generates sample data that looks realistic but is fake. So, instead of using a sequence like those provided by ExMachina or ExZample, we can use Faker to generate false but genuine-looking data:

SurveyJS

surveyjs.io sponsored

Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
wp-cli-fixtures

1 99 0.0 PHP

Easily generate custom fake data for WordPress

Project mention: Any good resources on how to do “interaction” tests? | /r/PHP | 2023-05-27

Use custom fixtures (wp-cli-fixtures) or test data

muenchhausen

2 20 5.9 JavaScript

Produce authentic fake data
infinite-fake-website

3 7 4.0 PHP

Lure SEO spammers down a hole with no bottom

Project mention: Bootstrapping Ahrefs: Reaching $10M in Revenue in 5 Years | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-24

I snickered at the emphasis on quality. Ahrefs web scraper reacted very poorly to randomly generated "content": https://github.com/bediger4000/infinite-fake-website
SEO is best avoided. It might not be illegal, but neither is farting in church. They'll both never be popular.

WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).