PasswordGenerator-rs is a simple rust application built with the egui GUI library and eframe framework. This application aims to offer a local, offline password generation tool using standard ASCII character codes. Passwords can be 8 to 24 characters in length and have the option to not use special characters.
Note
The 24-character limit for the generated password was just an arbitrary choice. The max value can be increased to 32 or 50 characters, if need be. The 8-character minimum is generally considered the bare minimum for making a password with some experts suggesting it should be at least 12 characters.
This project was created as a means of experimenting with creating a GUI application using Rust. Rust was selected as a means of exploring creating a desktop application using a low-level language versus using C or C++. Being new at low-level programming, rust was chosen due to its enforcement on safety. As I get more comfortable with low-level programming, I could look at remaking this using C/C++.
The egui and eframe packages were chosen for developing the UI as they are written natively with rust instead of using some other language/syntax.
This application has a simple user interface.
To generate a password, click on the Generate Password button.
To adjust the length of the password, the slider can be adjusted from 8 to 24.
If you do not want to use special characters (@, &, $, etc.), click on the checkbox for Use Special Characters.
These same instructions can also be found on the application's UI.
The following dependencies are used in this project:
| Dependency | Project Version | Dependency Status | Crates.io Latest Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| eframe | 0.34.1 |  |
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| egui | 0.34.1 |  |
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| rand | 0.10.1 |  |
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Important
To build from source you need at least cargo version 1.92.0 to support the egui and eframe crates.
To build this project from source, use the following steps:
- Clone the repository using
git clone. - Change into the project's root directory:
cd passwordgenerator-rs. - Build the project as a release optimization using
cargo build -r.
For the Windows build, this project is built using cargo build -r --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu, but for building on your own device cargo build -r is sufficient as it will use your default toolchain.
The build output will be located in target/release with the name passwordgenerator-rs.exe.
If building on Windows, you can use the x86_64-pc-windows-msvc target as long as you've installed the Microsoft Visual C++ tools.
Warning
This code is currently unsigned and may cause issues if running on Windows.
The current stable release has two locally pre-compiled 64-bit versions of the project:
- A Linux binary (
passwordgenerator-rs) - A Windows executable (
passwordgenerator-rs.exe)
Note
MacOS is not supported due to lack of cross-compile support on Linux. ARM support can be added if there is interest.
To check the integrity of the executables, a passwordgenerator-rs.sha256 file is provided with SHA256 checksum values.
Checking the integrity of the binaries, can be performed using sha256sum -c passwordgenerator-rs.sha256 on Linux and using (Get-FileHash .\passwordgenerator-rs.exe).Hash on Windows using PowerShell.
If on Linux, ensure that the checksum file and the binary are located in the same directory. If the binary is good, the terminal output will say OK along with the package name.
On Windows, you will need to manually compare the checksum file about the returned hash value.
The project is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.