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Description:
Provides fake name and address data

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: cli development testing data-generation c-library

Install: brew install rig

About:
Rig is a command-line tool and library designed to generate realistic fake data, including names, addresses, and other personal information. It serves as a valuable resource for developers needing to populate databases or applications with sample data for testing and development purposes. The tool can be used as a standalone utility or integrated into scripts and other software.

Key Features:

Generates fake names, addresses, and other personal data
Can be used as a command-line tool or a C library
Simple and lightweight for easy integration
Useful for creating test datasets

Use Cases:

Populating test databases with realistic sample data
Generating mock user profiles for application development
Creating placeholder content for UI/UX design mockups

Alternatives:

faker – A popular Python library with a much wider range of data types and localization, but requires a Python environment.
jq – A powerful command-line JSON processor that can be used to manipulate existing data, but does not generate new fake data on its own.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 12:56pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	db2c1ed4
Sep 14, 2024 1:49am		0	VERSION_BUMP	b5a3d702