ex_machina · Elixir Observer

ex_machina

A factory library by the creators of FactoryBot (née FactoryGirl)

Package Resources

beam-community/ex_machina

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First Release

11

years ago

Last Release

9

days ago

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893.3k

last 90 days

Last Stable Version

2.8.1

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last year

Pull Requests

Open 1

Merged 61

Latest Merged Pull Requests

chore(deps): bump postgrex from 0.22.2 to 0.22.3 in the dev group

github-actions merged 2 days ago

chore(deps): bump ecto from 3.14.0 to 3.14.1 in the prod group

github-actions merged 2 days ago

chore: sync files with beam-community/common-config

yordis merged 9 days ago

chore(main): release 2.8.1

yordis merged 9 days ago

fix: unblock common-config sync, pinned actions-sync release had no build output

yordis merged 9 days ago

Issues

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Version 2.8.1

Published Jul 2026 •

Elixir Version Requirement ~> 1.11

Documentation for 2.8.1

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Community

Article
ExMachina for Elixir: Factories with a Functional Twist

Announcement/overview by the maintainers with core examples.

Article
An Introduction to Test Factories and Fixtures for Elixir

When and how to use factories (with ExMachina) to speed up tests.

Article
Generating Test Data in Phoenix using ExMachina & Faker

Step-by-step setup of factories and Faker integration.

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