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Model Bakery is an Apache-2.0 library that creates Django model instances for tests with one line, filling required fields automatically, including related objects.

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Introduction

Model Bakery offers a smart way to create fixtures for testing in Django. With a simple API you can create many objects with a single line of code, according to its README.

baker.make(Customer) creates and saves an instance with required fields filled, including foreign keys; baker.prepare() builds without saving; _quantity makes several objects; and Recipes define reusable templates with fixed values, sequences and related recipes. It follows Python and Django support cycles, dropping versions at end-of-life.

Release 1.24.2 shipped in October 2026.

In the quality loop it supports Django unit and integration tests.

The source code is at model-bakers/model_bakery on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 licence, with about 1,000 stars; the most recent commit was on 8 November 2026.

Features

  1. One-line fixtures: baker.make().
  2. Related objects: Foreign keys filled automatically.
  3. Recipes: Reusable templates.
  4. prepare(): Unsaved instances.
  5. Quantities: Many objects at once.

Pros

  1. Very low setup: Ideal for Django projects.
  2. Free to use: Open source under the Apache-2.0 licence, so the core tool costs nothing to use.
  3. Actively maintained: The repository had commits as recent as 8 November 2026.

Cons

  1. Django only: Not for other frameworks.
from model_bakery import baker
customer = baker.make("shop.Customer", name="Ada")
orders = baker.make("shop.Order", customer=customer, _quantity=3)

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Pricing

Model Bakery is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence.

  1. Django developers.
  2. Not a fit outside Django.

Conclusion

Model Bakery is a simple, maintained fixture tool for Django tests.

On CheckOps, Model Bakery is filed under the Unit testing and Integration testing stages. Related tools listed here include factory_boy, Polyfactory, Faker (Python), Mimesis, pytest and Hypothesis. Before choosing, compare them on licence, supported languages and platforms, hosting model, and how well each fits your existing CI pipeline. Facts on this page were checked against the official website, documentation and repository on 11 November 2026; statements the vendor makes about its own product are marked as vendor claims.

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