Simple Password Generator

Very simple Python3-based GUI application to generate secure and random password.

Contents

• Download Latest Version
  • Stores/Ubuntu Private Archive
  • Github Releases
• Features and Screenshots
• Dependencies
  • Debian/Ubuntu based systems
  • Other Linux-based systems
• Installation
  • 1. Download and install binary files
  • 2. Build and Install from source
    • Debian/Ubuntu based systems
    • Other Linux-based systems
• User Manual
• Issue Tracking and Contributing
  • For Developers
  • Translation
• Contributors
  • Authors

Download Latest Version

Stores/Ubuntu Private Archive

Add the Launchpad PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mamolinux/gui-apps
sudo apt update
sudo apt install simple-pwgen

Github Releases

If you want to generate passwords from terminal, download and install the CLI Backend. To use the graphical interface download both the backend and frontend. For installation, check here.

Download Source (.zip)
Download Source (.tar.gz)
Download Binary (Dependency for GUI) (.deb)
Download Binary for GUI (.deb)

Features and Screenshots

The main purpose of this application is to generate random and strong passwords. It lets an user choose:

1. Whether to include lowercase, uppercase, digit or punctuation individually or all of them.
2. Minimum number of each cases to be included in a password.
3. Whether to exclude some characters for each cases individually while generating a password.
4. By default, the generated password is hidden with * characters in the generated field to avoid shoulder-surfers. The user has the choice to view it using Show/Hide button.
5. Show password strength and comments on generated password to help users create strong passwords.

N.B.: This application does not save the generated password. So make sure you save it somewhere safe like using Firefox Lockwise.

Dependencies

gir1.2-gtk-3.0
python3
python3-configobj
python3-gi
python3-setproctitle
python3-tldextract

To use or test Simple Password Generator, you need these dependencies to be installed.

Note: If you are using gdebi to install Simple Password Generator from a .deb file, it will automatically install the dependencies and you can skip this step.

Debian/Ubuntu based distro

To install dependencies on Debian/Ubuntu based systems, run:

sudo apt install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 python3 python3-configobj \
python3-gi python3-setproctitle python3-tldextract

Note: If you are using gdebi to install Simple Password Generator from a .deb file, it will automatically install the dependencies and you can skip this step.

Other Linux-based distro

Remove apt install in the command given in Debian/Ubuntu based distros and use the command for the package manager of the target system(eg. yum install, dnf install, pacman -S etc.)

Note: There might be cases where one or more dependencies might not be available for your system. But that is highly unlikely. In such situations, please create an issue.

Installation

There are two ways, this app can be installed on a Debian/Ubuntu based system. For other distros, install from Snap Store.

1. Download and install binary files

Download the latest binary .deb files from here. First install the CLI Backend. Then install the GUI Frontend as

sudo dpkg -i python3-simple-pwgen*.deb	# dependency to simple-pwgen*.deb
sudo dpkg -i simple-pwgen*.deb

2. Build and Install From Source

If you are having trouble installing the pre-built binary , build them from source.

Debian/Ubuntu based systems

There are two methods, this app can be installed/used on a Debian/Ubuntu based system. First, download and unzip the source package using:

wget https://github.com/mamolinux/simple-pwgen/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
unzip master.zip
cd simple-pwgen-master

1. Option 1: Manually copying necessary files to root (/). For that, follow the steps below:

   1. Install python package using pip3:

      sudo pip3 install .
      

      It will install all files under /usr/local/
   2. Compile schemas using:

      sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/local/share/glib-2.0/schemas
      

2. Option 2: Build a debian package and install it. To build a debian package on your own:

   1. from the simple-pwgen-master run:

      dpkg-buildpackage --no-sign
      

      This will create a simple-pwgen_*.deb and python3-simple-pwgen_*.deb package at ../simple-pwgen-master.

   2. Install the debian package using

      sudo dpkg -i ../*simple-pwgen_*.deb
      sudo apt install -f
      

After it is installed, run simple-pwgen from terminal or use the simple-pwgen.desktop.

Other Linux-based systems

1. Install the dependencies.
2. From instructions for Debian/Ubuntu based systems, follow Option 1.

User Manual

Coming Soon or create a PR.

Issue Tracking and Contributing

If you are interested to contribute and enrich the code, you are most welcome. You can do it by:

1. If you find a bug, to open a new issue with details: Click Here

2. If you know how to fix a bug or want to add new feature/documentation to the existing package, please create a Pull Request.

For Developers

1. Make desired modifications.
2. Manually install using option 2.
3. Test it by running simple-pwgen -g from terminal.

Translation

All translations are done using using Launchpad Tranlations. To help translate Simple Password Generator in your favourite language follow these steps:

1. Go to translations page on Launchpad.
2. Click on the language, you want to translate.
3. Translate strings.
4. Finally, click on Save & Continue.

Contributors

Author

Himadri Sekhar Basu is the author and current maintainer.

Donations

I am a freelance programmer. So, If you like this app and would like to offer me a coffee ( ☕ ) to motivate me further, you can do so via: