Password Generator
Generate strong, secure passwords instantly. Choose length and character types to create random, hard-to-crack passwords for websites, apps, and accounts. Free, fast, and privacy-focused — no data stored.
Password Generator
The Password Generator creates strong, random passwords with a single click. Set the length, choose a generation mode and character types, and click Generate. Each password is created from a cryptographically random process — not a human-chosen pattern — making it fundamentally harder to predict or guess than any password a person would construct themselves.
Generated passwords are not stored or logged. The tool runs in your browser and the password is produced locally — it is never transmitted to a server. Use a password manager to store generated passwords so you never need to remember them and can use a unique password for every account.
How to use the Password Generator
- Choose a generation mode: Easy To Say, Easy To Read, or All Character. See the mode table below to understand which is right for your situation.
- Select the character types you want to include: Uppercase, Lowercase, Numbers, and Special Characters. You can enable or disable each independently. For maximum strength, enable all four with All Character mode.
- Set the password length. For most accounts, 16 characters is the recommended minimum. Longer is always better.
- Click Generate. Copy the password immediately and store it in your password manager before doing anything else.
Generation modes — Easy To Say, Easy To Read, and All Character
The tool provides three generation modes. The original page never explains these. Each mode produces passwords with different characteristics suited to different use cases:
| Mode | What it generates | Best for |
| Easy To Say | Passwords using only letters (no numbers or special characters). The resulting password contains only pronounceable letter combinations that can be spoken aloud without ambiguity — no characters that are visually similar to others. | Passwords you need to speak aloud or dictate — to IT support, to a colleague, or over the phone. Also useful when a system does not accept special characters or numbers in passwords. |
| Easy To Read | Passwords that exclude visually ambiguous characters: the number 0 (zero) and the letter O (oh), the number 1 (one) and the letter l (lowercase L) and the letter I (uppercase i). All characters in the output are unambiguous when displayed in most fonts. | Passwords that will be read from a screen or printed on paper and manually typed — for example, a temporary access code, a printed Wi-Fi password, or a recovery key. Eliminates the most common source of transcription errors. |
| All Character | Passwords drawn from the full character set — uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers (0–9), and special characters (!@#$%^&* and others), as enabled. No characters are excluded. | Passwords that will be copied and pasted or filled by a password manager, where transcription is not a concern and maximum entropy from the available character set is the priority. This mode produces the strongest passwords for a given length. |
All Character mode with all four character types enabled produces the strongest passwords for a given length. Easy To Say and Easy To Read modes restrict the character set to improve usability in specific situations — but a shorter character set means fewer possible combinations per character, which reduces entropy. If you are generating a password for a password manager (copy-paste, not typed), use All Character mode at 16+ characters. If you are generating a password you will need to type manually or read aloud, the readability trade-off is worth the small entropy reduction.
Password length and combinations — why longer is always stronger
Each additional character multiplies the number of possible passwords by the size of the character set. The table below shows the total number of possible passwords at different lengths and character set sizes, and a rough estimate of brute-force time on modern GPU hardware at approximately 10 billion hash checks per second:
| Length | Lowercase only (26 chars) | Letters + digits (62 chars) | Full ASCII (~94 chars) | Estimated brute-force time* |
| 8 | 208 billion | 218 trillion | 6 quadrillion | Seconds–hours (GPU) |
| 10 | 1.4 × 10^14 | 8.4 × 10^17 | 5.4 × 10^19 | Hours–months |
| 12 | 9.5 × 10^16 | 3.2 × 10^21 | 4.7 × 10^23 | Decades–centuries |
| 16 | 4.4 × 10^22 | 4.7 × 10^28 | 3.8 × 10^31 | Centuries (practical limit) |
| 20 | 1.9 × 10^28 | 7.0 × 10^35 | 3.2 × 10^39 | Effectively infinite |
* Brute-force estimates assume ~10 billion hashes/second (fast hash, modern GPU). Passwords stored with bcrypt or Argon2 take orders of magnitude longer to crack.
The single most effective thing you can do to improve password security is increase length. Going from 8 to 16 characters is far more impactful than adding special characters to an 8-character password. A 16-character lowercase-only random password has more combinations than an 8-character fully complex password. For accounts stored with a strong hash (bcrypt, Argon2), even 12-character random passwords are practically uncrackable by brute force. For accounts using weak hashing (MD5, unsalted SHA-1), longer passwords matter even more.
What length and mode to use for different account types
| Account type | Min length | Recommended mode | Notes |
| Primary email account | 16+ | All Character | Your email is the master key to most other accounts — password reset links land here. A compromised email account means every account tied to it can be taken over. Use the longest password your email provider supports. |
| Banking and financial services | 16+ | All Character | Financial accounts are high-value targets. Use maximum-length random passwords with all character types. Enable 2FA — preferably via an authenticator app rather than SMS. |
| Password manager master password | 16+ | Easy To Say or memorized passphrase | Your password manager's master password is the one password you must remember. It must be strong and memorable. A Dice ware passphrase (five or more random words) is often better than a random character string for this purpose — it is long, high-entropy, and possible to memorize. |
| Social media accounts | 16+ | All Character | Social accounts are commonly targeted for impersonation and as entry points to connected apps. Use strong unique passwords stored in a password manager. Enable 2FA. |
| Work and business accounts | 16+ | All Character | Follow your organization’s password policy. Where a policy allows, use longer passwords than the minimum. Passwords for shared accounts should be generated and stored in a team password manager. |
| Developer API keys and tokens | 32+ | All Character | API keys and service account tokens should be treated as high-security credentials. Generate them at 32 characters or longer. Store in a secrets manager, not in code repositories or environment variable files checked into version control. |
| Low-value accounts and test environments | 12 | All Character or Easy To Read | Accounts with no personal data or financial access can use shorter passwords, but still use unique passwords per account. Easy To Read mode is useful for test account passwords that will be typed manually. |
Why you need a password manager
A random password generator is most useful when combined with a password manager. The fundamental problem with strong passwords is memorability — a truly random 16-character password like 'Xp7#mKv2$Lq9nBrJ' is uncrackable by brute force but impossible to remember. A password manager solves this: it stores all generated passwords in an encrypted vault, autofill’s them when you log in, and requires only one strong master password to unlock.
Using a password manager enables the most important practice in password security: unique passwords for every account. When a service suffers a data breach and its password database is stolen, attackers try the leaked username/password combinations against other services (credential stuffing). If you use a unique password for every account, a breach at one service exposes only that service's access. If you reuse passwords, a single breach can compromise every account sharing that password.
Recommended password manager options
- Bitwarden — open-source, free tier available, cross-platform. The most commonly recommended free password manager.
- 1Password — paid, widely used in teams and families. Strong security audit history.
- KeePass / KeePassXC — free, open-source, stores the database locally on your device. No cloud component.
- Apple Keychain / iCloud Keychain — built-in to iOS and macOS, free, integrates seamlessly with Safari and Apple apps.
- Google Password Manager — built-in to Chrome and Android, free, syncs across Google account devices.
Usage limits
| Account type | Daily password generations |
| Guest | 25 per day |
| Registered | 100 per day |
Related tools
- Password Strength Checker — evaluate the strength of a password against five security criteria. Use to verify that a generated password meets strength requirements before applying it.
- WordPress Password Generator — generate a WordPress-compatible bcrypt hash for manual database password resets.
- MD5 Generator — generate MD5 hashes for checksums and non-security data fingerprinting (not for passwords).
Frequently asked questions
Are generated passwords truly random?
Yes. The password generator uses a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator (CSPRNG) to select characters — not a predictable mathematical sequence or a pattern based on time or user input. A CSPRNG produces output that is statistically indistinguishable from true randomness and is designed specifically for security-sensitive applications where predictability would be a vulnerability. The randomness is fundamentally different from a human selecting a 'random-looking' password — human-selected passwords consistently exhibit patterns (preferred starting letters, common endings, predictable substitutions) that automated attacks exploit.
What is the difference between Easy To Say, Easy To Read, and All Character mode?
Easy To Say generates passwords using only letters, with no numbers or symbols, producing combinations that can be spoken aloud without ambiguity. Use it when you need to dictate a password verbally or when a system does not accept non-letter characters. Easy To Read excludes visually ambiguous characters — 0 and O, 1 and l and I — so every character in the output is unambiguous when read from a screen or printed page. Use it for passwords that will be manually transcribed. All Character mode draws from the full enabled character set with no exclusions, producing the maximum entropy for a given length. Use it for any password that will be copied and pasted or stored in a password manager.
What password length should I use?
For most accounts: 16 characters minimum using All Character mode with all four character types. For critical accounts (primary email, banking, password manager master): 20 characters or more. For accounts with no personal or financial value (test environments, low-stakes registrations): 12 characters is acceptable. The entropy table above shows the practical security difference between lengths — 16 characters with a full character set is in 'practically uncrackable by brute force' territory for any modern storage system. There is no meaningful security benefit to using passwords shorter than 16 characters for important accounts.
Why should I use a password manager instead of remembering passwords?
Because memorable passwords are weak passwords. Any password you can memorize follows human patterns — words, names, dates, predictable substitutions — that automated attacks are specifically designed to exploit. A password manager lets you use a fully random 20-character password for every account without remembering any of them. It autofill’s passwords, alerts you to reused passwords, and allows you to change passwords quickly after a breach notification. The master password for the manager is the only password you need to memorize — choose a strong, long passphrase for that one password and let the manager handle everything else.
How do I know generated passwords are not being stored?
Password generation runs in your browser using client-side JavaScript — the password is created locally on your device and is never transmitted to ToolsPiNG's servers. There is no network request made when you click Generate. You can verify this by turning off your internet connection and confirming the generator still works. ToolsPiNG does not log generated passwords, does not associate them with your account if you are registered, and does not have access to the passwords generated in your browser session.
Should I enable all four character types?
For All Character mode passwords that will be stored in a password manager: yes — enable uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters. This maximizes the character set from which each position is chosen, maximizing entropy per character. For Easy To Say mode: the mode already restricts the character set to letters, so number and symbol toggles have no effect on the output. For Easy To Read mode: numbers are available but the ambiguous characters (0, 1) are excluded — enabling numbers adds the remaining unambiguous digits (2–9) to the character set.
Can I generate passwords without special characters if a site does not accept them?
Yes. Disable the Special Characters toggle to generate passwords using only letters and numbers. Many older systems and some government portals restrict passwords to alphanumeric characters. If a site also restricts uppercase or lowercase, disable those toggles as well. For sites with unusual restrictions, Easy To Say mode (letters only) can also be useful. Note that restricting the character set reduces the number of possible combinations per character position — compensate by increasing the password length to maintain equivalent security.
Is the Password Generator free?
Yes. The generator is free within the daily usage limits shown above. Guest users can generate 25 passwords per day without creating an account. Registering a free ToolsPiNG account increases the daily limit to 100 password generations per day.