A while back I built Anycrap — a fake store full of absurdist AI-generated products. It hit #1 on Hacker News, got way more traffic than expected.
Here's what exists now.
REST API
35,000+ products with names, descriptions, AI images, and 23 categories. Free key, no credit card.
curl https://anycrap.shop/api/v1/products/random \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
60 req/min, CORS included, OpenAPI spec available at /api/v1/docs.
CLI
npx anycrap random
npx anycrap random -c food
npx anycrap search "underwater"
npx anycrap categories
faker.js plugin
Drop-in replacement for faker.commerce.productName() — no API call, bundled data, works offline.
import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker';
import { createAnycrapFaker } from 'anycrap-faker';
const anycrap = createAnycrapFaker(faker);
anycrap.productName() // "Thought-Cancelling Headphones"
anycrap.productDescription() // "Headphones that don't just block sound — they block thoughts."
anycrap.product() // { name, slug, description, category }
Useful for seeding databases, test fixtures, anywhere you'd use Lorem Ipsum but want something less boring.
HuggingFace dataset
Full 35k rows available at huggingface.co/datasets/kafked/anycrap if you want to train something cursed.
What you can actually build with it
- Party/trivia game item generator
- Absurdist placeholder data
- Game shop inventory names
- Creative writing / brainstorming tool
- "Product of the day" widget
Full docs: anycrap.shop/developers