mkpasswd

A command line tool for generating random passwords. It's just a small tool in daily work. 😄

Features

• Support command line parameters.
• Support generating multiple passwords.
• Support Arabic numerals 0-9.
• Support special characters !@#$%^&*+?.

Usage

The command includes four optional parameters. You can type mkpasswd -h for help.

For example:

$ mkpasswd -N 5 -l 16 -n 4 -c 4

• -N: The quantity of created passwords.
• -l: The length of password.
• -n: The number of Arabic numerals in password.
• -c: The number of special characters in password.

Build

Build separately in your operating system. To start building mkpasswd, install Go 1.20 or above.

# Windows
$ go build -o bin/mkpasswd.exe -ldflags "-s -w" .

# Linux or MacOS or FreeBSD
$ go build -o bin/mkpasswd -ldflags "-s -w" .

Build for all mainstream platforms. Please see the Makefile for details.

$ make all

License

GPL-3.0 license