randstr

Randstr is a package and a CLI that generates random strings (e.g. passwords), supporting unicode and emojis.

Install

Mac

brew install 4d63/randstr/randstr

Linux/Mac

curl -o /usr/local/bin/randstr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leighmcculloch/randstr/binaries/$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')/amd64/randstr && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/randstr

Windows

Download the executable, and save it in your path.

Source

go install 4d63.com/randstr/cmd/randstr

Usage

$ randstr
Ne*!Z|us'VRu;waO53_g{%*gwbY,vY\nw\wR/"5^cg1JkJ`k`l

On Mac, you can pipe the output directly to the clipboard with:

$ randstr | pbcopy

Change the charset:

$ randstr -charset ASCII
NKpZTyBWA;nq3!Lo9qE0OtUC#-Q{UR{I8W"CJFO2u\zam!Nt6c

$ randstr -charset ASCIIUppercase,ASCIINumeric
A9B6VPQG7S3Y0B8QAU16GJGQ2X8HGV24JWOP3NEO84Q7QM416S

$ randstr -charset UnicodeEmoji -l 10
🔙🐨👲🐌🙎🌀👹👾🌺👣

$ randstr -chars 0123456789abcdef
fb972ac28f98ae872a1f42ec707d2f7e0061e22f45e9703275

$ randstr -charset ASCII,UnicodePassword
ʵƦƅȿͺɄϬɚYʩʜLJ͢ȠίϾϺ�Ą̑�ȬˁȞ̈́Ȫˑdžȿˀϡʪͻ'ɕ̉ȷNjɃȨƱϷυ[ʦ�Ζϗ�̮

Package

Use the package by go getting and importing:

go get 4d63.com/randstr/...

import (
  "crypto/rand"
  "4d63.com/randstr/lib/randstr"
  "4d63.com/randstr/lib/charset"
)

func main() {
  password, err := randstr.String(rand.Reader, charset.ASCII, 50)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error: %v\n", err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Printf("Password: %s\n", password)
}