PassGen 🔐

A simple and powerful Password Generator CLI built with Node.js.

Features

• Generate secure random passwords
• Custom password length
• Numbers-only mode
• No-symbols mode
• Password strength indicator
• Generate multiple passwords at once
• Save generated passwords to a file

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/passgen.git cd passgen

Install dependencies:

npm install

Link globally:

npm link

Quick Start

npm install -g passgen
passgen generate

Usage

Generate a password:

passgen generate

Generate a 20-character password:

passgen generate -l 20

Generate a password without symbols:

passgen generate --no-symbols

Generate a numbers-only password:

passgen generate --numbers-only

Generate 5 passwords:

passgen generate -n 5

Save passwords to a file:

passgen generate -l 20 -n 5 --save passwords.txt

Options Reference

Option	Short	Description	Example
Length	-l	Set password length	-l 20
Number of passwords	-n	Generate multiple passwords	-n 5
No symbols	--no-symbols	Exclude special characters	passgen generate --no-symbols
Numbers only	--numbers-only	Only numeric passwords	passgen generate --numbers-only
Save to file	--save	Export to file	--save passwords.txt

Global Installation

After npm link, you can use passgen from anywhere in your terminal without needing to specify the full path.

Common Use Cases

For security: Strong 20-char password with symbols

passgen generate -l 20

For PIN codes: Numbers only

passgen generate -l 6 --numbers-only

Batch generation: 10 passwords saved to file

passgen generate -n 10 --save passwords.txt

Example

passgen generate -l 16

Output:

Generated Password: K8@qLm2#RtY9!pXz

Strength: Strong 💪

Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Commander.js
• clipboardy

Author

Obed Yakpa

License

MIT License