Used in agent projects
4
0.2% of 1,622 Python repos built with AI coding agents
In the catalog because
Public numbers
downloads and GitHub stars, added Oct 13, 2026; too rare in our project count to rank by use
Downloads
5.4M
PyPI, last 7 days, factory-boy
GitHub stars
3,811
424 forks · last push Jan 1, 2026
How factory_boy is used
factory_boy joined the catalog on its public numbers (5,439,761 downloads a week on PyPI and 3,811 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 7 public GitHub projects of our scan, 4 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use pytest (100.0%), Black (85.7%), FAISS (85.7%).
factory_boy popularity over time
Gid Score 47: downloads 80, use in agent projects 12, GitHub stars 34, downloads trend 53 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with factory_boy
| pytest | 100.0% of factory_boy projects · 24.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Black | 85.7% of factory_boy projects · 68.2× more than average |
| FAISS | 85.7% of factory_boy projects · 126.7× more than average |
| mypy | 85.7% of factory_boy projects · 113.2× more than average |
| Pydantic | 85.7% of factory_boy projects · 9.9× more than average |
| PyYAML | 85.7% of factory_boy projects · 14.4× more than average |
| Sentence Transformers | 85.7% of factory_boy projects · 64.9× more than average |
| FastAPI | 71.4% of factory_boy projects · 9.5× more than average |
Install
| Package | pip install factory-boy |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (7) |
Alternatives to factory_boy
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Testing does the same job as factory_boy: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
More in Testing: Vitest Playwright (JavaScript) Testing Library jsdom Jest pytest Happy DOM axe-core Playwright