mylesnoton / password-generator

A very simple tool to generate passwords of a specified length and complexity

Password Generator

A very simple tool to generate passwords of a specified length and complexity, can be used from the command line or imported as a package. Uses Go's build in random number generator, although hasn't been tested for true randomness as yet.

Installation

To use the password-generator binary from the command line, run:

make install

If you are using it as a package, run:

go get github.com/mylesnoton/password-generator/generator

Command Line Usage

To generate a 32 character password with a combination of lower and uppercase letters, numbers and special chars, use:

password-generator --length 32

To generate a 32 character password with a combination of lower and uppercase letters and numbers without an special chars, use:

password-generator --length 32 --no-special

Package Usage

You can import the generator package into your own project and implement it like this.

package main

import (
    "github.com/mylesnoton/password-generator/generator"
    "fmt"
)

func main() {
    fmt.Println(generator.NewPassword(32))
}

Testing

Tests are included, using the built in Go testing package, to run the tests, execute the following command:

go test github.com/mylesnoton/password-generator/...

Improvements

• Test the randomness of the passwords properly
• Make it more useful
• Allow pronouncable words
• Provide an API maybe

License

Password Generator is distributed using the MIT License, see LICENSE