pw -- Password generator

A highly configurable password generator for Linux, macOS, and OpenBSD, written in C++.

Quick start

Build

Dependencies

First build & install libscnumerics.

Then:

make

Install

sudo make install

Or, on OpenBSD:

doas gmake install

Usage

pw

Generate password using default settings: at lease one digit, at least one lower case letter, at least one upper case letter, at least one symbol from the set _-=+<>,.!@#$%^&*, and a length of 24 characters.

Examples

Generate a password with at least one lower case letter, at least two upper case letters, at least three digits, at least four symbols, and a length of 20 characters:

pw -l 1 -u 2 -d 3 -s 4 -c 20

or, more compact:

pw -l1 -u2 -d3 -s4 -c20

The same, but now with symbols chosen from the set +-=@:

pw -l1 -u2 -d3 -s4 -c20 -S '+-=@'

Documentation

Full documentation is in the man page:

man pw