purepass-cli

usage

for an interactive password generation experience:

npx purepass -i

for a one liner you can use:

npx purepass -s someSuperSecret123 -n fb

The above command will hash the secret someSuperSecret123 and the namespace fb together, and generate a 64 character password. In this case that is:

Fb06#356efc68a3516973780bc826c59fcd4c7f22291708c29b0d557495177e

purepass is a pure function, the resulting password will always be the same if the same arguments are passed in.

Additional arguments

--maxPasswordLength is a string that can be supplied for websites like paypal that have a character cap of 20. The short alias for this command is -m.

--specialCharacter is a string that can be a string supplied to substitute the special character at index 2 in the resulting string with a different character than #. The short alias for this command is -c.

--copyToClipboard is a boolean option that uses clipboardy to copy the resulting password to the clipboard. The short alias for this command is -p.

--quiet is a boolean option that suppresses outputting your password to the console, and only uses clipboardy to copy the resulting password to the clipboard. The short alias for this command is -q.

Note: It is redundant (but harmless) to use copyToClipboard when in quiet mode

I will write a reference document about the algorythm, but it is very simple, and for those interested you can probably find all you need in the source code for this org.

Contributions are welcome!