@nick_muellner/password-utilities

This library helps with generating strong random passwords or checking their safety.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
  • Examples
• Contribution
• Security
• License

Installation

Install via npm:

npm install @nick_muellner/password-utilities

Install via yarn:

yarn add @nick_muellner/password-utilities

Usage

Basic Usage

import { generateStrongPassword, isStrongPassword } from '@nick_muellner/password-utilities';

const length = 12;
const safePassword = generateStrongPassword(length);

console.log(safePassword);                      // e.g. "pC%mD8TpCKn2"
console.log(isStrongPassword(safePassword))     // e.g. true

Examples

Generate strong passwords with isStrongPassword()

import { generateStrongPassword, isStrongPassword } from '@nick_muellner/password-utilities';

const length1 = 1;
const length2 = 12;

console.log(generateStrongPassword(length1)); // e.g. "pC%mD8Tp"
console.log(generateStrongPassword(length2)); // e.g. "pC%mD8TpCKn2"

Check safety of password:

import { generateStrongPassword, isStrongPassword } from '@nick_muellner/password-utilities';

const password1 = "Hello World"
const password2 = "pC%mD8TpCKn2"

console.log(isStrongPassword(password1)); // e.g. false
console.log(isStrongPassword(password2)); // e.g. true

Contribution

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.

Security

Please refer to our SECURITY.md for information about our security policies, how to report vulnerabilities, and our approach to handling security concerns.

Important Note: This library uses non-cryptographic randomness (Math.random()). Do not rely on it for security-critical functionality.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.