about databene benerator

benerator is a framework for creating realistic and valid high-volume test data, used for testing (unit/integration/load) and showcase setup.

Metadata constraints are imported from systems and/or configuration files. Data can be imported from and exported to files and systems, anonymized or generated from scratch. Domain packages provide reusable generators for creating domain-specific data as names and addresses internationalizable in language and region (via nestable datasets). It is strongly customizable with plugins and configuration options.

benerator is released under a dual license - GPL and commercial. For quick details check the FAQ .

news

2008-04-30 benerator release 0.5.2: This release fixes all known bugs and improves XML file generation performance by 100%, DB snapshot creation by 20%. Support for individual weighting for CSV-imported data, rendering of date values and several generators have been improved.

download benerator

2008-04-26 2,000 downloads: databene proudly counts the 2,000th download of benerator.

participate

Your are welcome to participate. There are many ways to aid the further development of benerator:

  • report bugs (via forum or email)
  • request features (via forum or email)
  • fund the benerator development by hiring Volker Bergmann for IT consulting, system analysis and optimization or buying support for the databene tools.