reshmaharidhas / PasswordStrengthChecker

Python desktop application to check the strength of password using Tkinter

PasswordStrengthChecker

Python desktop application to check the strength of password.

Programming Language 💻

• Python 3

Tech Stack 💻

• Tkinter

Development Tools 💻

• PyCharm
• PyInstaller

Features 🎯

• Assess strength of your password with color coded meter
  • 🔴 Weak = Red color
  • 🟤 Moderate = Brown color
  • 🟣 Strong = Purple color
  • 🟢 Very strong = Green color
• Displays reasons when password is not strong enough instantly
• Displays ideas to improve password strength
• Toggle your password visibility when typing and checking
• Alerts user to change the password when the password has commonly used passwords worldwide as it is easy to hack
• Alerts user when essential parts of a strong password such as mix of letters, number,symbol is not used.
• Warns users if their password contains repeated characters in sequence.
• Works offline without Internet connection

Screenshots 💻

Tips to create very strong password 🔒

• Ensure your password has a mix of alphabets, numbers and symbols randomly.
• Length of password determines how long it takes to hack it, so use password having more than 14 or 16 characters.
• Do not use commonly used word or numbers such as "password", "admin", "123", "111", "xyz", "abcd" as it is easy to guess.
• Avoid using your name, date of birth, year of birth, and your personal details as password.
• Avoid repeating same characters consecutively.
• Avoid using famous terms as password.
• Avoid using same password everywhere.

License 📖

This project is licensed under the MIT License