Password Generator
Generate a strong, truly random password in your browser with a length slider and character toggles. It uses the Web Crypto API for cryptographically secure randomness — no sign-up, and nothing is sent to any server.
What is the Password Generator?
This password generator creates strong, unpredictable passwords for you in seconds, right inside your browser. Instead of reusing the same memorable phrase across every account, you pick how long and how complex you want the password to be, and the tool builds a fresh random string from the character sets you choose. Because the work happens locally on your device, the password you get is never typed into a search box that is logged, never sent across the internet, and never saved on our side — it simply appears, ready for you to copy.
How to use it
- Drag the length slider to the number of characters you want (16 or more is a good default for important accounts).
- Toggle the character sets on or off: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
- Optionally turn on Exclude look-alike characters to drop confusing pairs like O/0 and I/l/1 if you will type the password by hand.
- Read the strength indicator, then tap Copy to put the password on your clipboard.
- Need several at once? Use batch mode to generate a list, copy the one you want, and close the page.
That is the whole flow — pick, generate, copy, and you are gone. No account, no email, no waiting.
The method behind it
Randomness is the entire point of a good password, so the quality of the
random source matters more than anything else. This tool uses the browser's
Web Crypto API — specifically crypto.getRandomValues() —
which is a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator (CSPRNG)
built into every modern browser. Unlike Math.random(), which
many quick scripts use and whose output can be predicted from earlier
values, a CSPRNG is designed so that seeing past output gives an attacker no
useful way to guess the next character.
The generator builds a character pool from the sets you enabled (for example the 26 lowercase letters, 26 uppercase, 10 digits, and a set of symbols). For each position in the password it draws a secure random value and maps it into that pool, taking care to avoid the subtle bias that a naive modulo would introduce. The result is a password where every character is independently and uniformly chosen — which is exactly what makes it hard to crack. Doing all of this in the browser means the secret is created on the same machine that will use it, with no network step where it could leak. Every password is generated on your own device and never sent across the network.
Examples
- A 16-character password with all sets on: something like
q7$Rm2!vXp9Wd#Lk— high entropy, ideal stored in a password manager. - A 20-character password with look-alikes excluded: something like
Hk3rT8wYxQ4mPzAv6njB— long and strong, but easy to copy or read aloud without confusing 0 and O. - A short 6-digit numbers-only PIN: something like
408137— for a device lock screen or a simple code where only digits are allowed.
Your output will be different every time, because each click draws fresh secure randomness.
Common use cases
- Creating a brand-new account and wanting a unique password instead of recycling an old one.
- Rotating a password after a data-breach notification.
- Developers and IT staff generating service credentials, database passwords, or API secrets quickly.
- Setting up a router, Wi-Fi network, or shared device where you want a strong code that is still typeable.
- Anyone who simply does not want to type a password into a website that might store it.
Why use this one
The biggest difference is trust: the password never leaves your
browser. There is no server round-trip, no logging, and no history —
so even we cannot see what you generated. On top of that, it uses
cryptographically secure randomness rather than the weak
Math.random() behind many throwaway generators, gives you
precise control with a length slider and per-set toggles, offers a look-alike
exclusion option for human-typed passwords, and lets you generate in batches.
No sign-up, no character cap, no nagging.
It is part of a small, focused set of generators. If you need numbers instead of a password, the Random Number Generator draws random integers in any range. If you need stable identifiers, the UUID Generator creates RFC-compliant UUIDs. And when you just need to check a string against a length limit, the Character Counter counts characters with and without spaces.
Frequently asked questions
Are the passwords generated here safe and private?
Yes. Every password is created locally in your browser using the Web Crypto API. Nothing is sent over the network, logged, or saved to any server, so the password only ever exists on your own device until you copy and use it.
Do you store or remember the passwords I generate?
No. The tool keeps no history and has no database. When you refresh or close the page, the generated passwords are gone. We never see them in the first place — generation happens entirely on your computer or phone.
Are these passwords actually random?
They use crypto.getRandomValues, the browser's cryptographically secure random number generator, which is designed for security-sensitive work. This is far stronger than the ordinary Math.random() that many quick scripts use, because its output is not predictable from previous values.
How long should my password be?
For most accounts, 16 or more characters mixing uppercase, lowercase, numbers and symbols gives very strong protection against guessing and brute-force attacks. For high-value accounts go longer. The length slider lets you pick anything from short PINs to very long passphrase-length strings.
What does 'exclude look-alike characters' do?
It removes characters that are easy to confuse when reading or typing — capital O versus zero, and the letter l, capital I and the number 1. Turn it on when you will type the password by hand or read it aloud, and leave it off for maximum character variety when a password manager will store it for you.