Password-Checker

Password-Checker is a simple script that checks the strength of a given password and provides suggestions to improve its security. It also suggests a better password based on the given password.

You can either provide your input as a command line argument or interactively through the terminal (but it’s always recommended to use interactive session on console). This is a basic script that perform minimum basic checks and suggestion.

[!IMPORTANT] Since this script serves as a foundational example, it may not be fully suitable for real-world use cases yet. However, its purpose is to establish a solid groundwork for more advanced versions. As the author, I look forward to seeing further improvements and refactoring that will enhance this script to meet real-world requirements.

Requirements

The only requirement for running this script in your local system is Python 3.6 or above. No external dependencies are required.

Usage

For *unix-based systems

To use this script, run the following command:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Grow-with-Open-Source/Python-Projects/main/Password-Checker/check-password.py | python

or

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Grow-with-Open-Source/Python-Projects/main/Password-Checker/check-password.py | python

or you can download the file from GitHub and then run the script by giving permission to execute the file as shown below:

# Downloading the script
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Grow-with-Open-Source/Python-Projects/main/Password-Checker/check-password.py

# --- OR ---
# curl -o script.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Grow-with-Open-Source/Python-Projects/main/Password-Checker/check-password.py
# ----------

# Giving permission to execute the file
chmod +x check-password.py

# Running the script
./check-password.py

For Windows

Usually, powershell in Window 10 or later version consist of curl binary, so you can do that same thing as shown above. But in case it doesn’t work, you can use the following command:

Invoke-WebRequest https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Grow-with-Open-Source/Python-Projects/main/Password-Checker/check-password.py -OutFile "$env:TEMP\temp_script.py"
python "$env:TEMP\temp_script.py"

If you want to save the script for later usage, then it’s best recommended to download the script in a desired location and run the script using python interpreter.

Contributing

Please make sure you have used it this script before you start contributing, and then please go through the Contributing Guidelines to make your contribution.

[!NOTE] Since this mini-project was meant to be a sample groundwork for more advancements, add your changes and contributions into the following Change Log in the given format.

Change Log

License

This project is released under the Apache License 2.0.