diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/common/management/commands/testdata.py b/api/funkwhale_api/common/management/commands/testdata.py
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+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/common/management/commands/testdata.py
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+from django.core.management.commands.migrate import Command as BaseCommand
+
+from funkwhale_api.federation import factories
+from funkwhale_api.federation.models import Actor
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        self.help = "Helper to generate randomized testdata"
+        self.type_choices = {"notifications": self.handle_notifications}
+        self.missing_args_message = f"Please specify one of the following sub-commands: { *self.type_choices.keys(), }"
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="subcommand")
+
+        notification_parser = subparsers.add_parser("notifications")
+        notification_parser.add_argument(
+            "username", type=str, help="Username to send the notifications to"
+        )
+        notification_parser.add_argument(
+            "--count", type=int, help="Number of elements to create", default=1
+        )
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        self.type_choices[options["subcommand"]](options)
+
+    def handle_notifications(self, options):
+        self.stdout.write(
+            f"Create {options['count']} notification(s) for {options['username']}"
+        )
+        try:
+            actor = Actor.objects.get(preferred_username=options["username"])
+        except Actor.DoesNotExist:
+            self.stdout.write(
+                "The user you want to create notifications for does not exist"
+            )
+            return
+
+        follow_activity = factories.ActivityFactory(type="Follow")
+        for _ in range(options["count"]):
+            factories.InboxItemFactory(actor=actor, activity=follow_activity)
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/2123.feature b/changes/changelog.d/2123.feature
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+Add a management command to generate dummy notifications for testing