PasswordToolbox 🛡️

A powerful Windows desktop application with 20+ security and encoding tools for developers and security-conscious users.

📋 Table of Contents

• Overview
• Features
• How to Use
• Requirements
• Installation
• Build from Source
• Security Notes
• License

✨ Overview

PasswordToolbox is a WPF desktop application that provides essential security and encoding utilities in one convenient place. All tools run locally on your machine - no data is sent to external servers.

🎯 Features

🔐 Security Tools

Tool	Description	How to Use
Disk & USB password	Open BitLocker, VeraCrypt settings	Click to launch Windows encryption settings
Encrypt file	AES-GCM encryption (max 512 MB)	Select file → Enter password → Save encrypted .pbxenc
Password-protect folder	ZIP with AES-256	Select folder → Set password → Creates protected ZIP
Folder hide	CLSID style folder hiding	Select folder → Password protects visibility
Password generator	Cryptographically random	Configure length, chars → Copy generated password
Password strength check	Local heuristic analysis	Enter password → See strength score

🔑 Secrets Tools

Tool	Description	How to Use
Random bytes	Secure random hex	Set bytes count → Generate → Copy
UUID/GUID	Version 4 generators	Click generate → Copy UUID

🔤 Encoding Tools

Tool	Description	How to Use
Base64	Encode/decode UTF-8	Enter text → Encode/Decode → Copy result
URL encode	Percent-encoding UTF-8	Enter text → Encode/Decode
JWT decode	Pretty-print header & payload	Paste JWT → See decoded JSON
JSON format	Pretty-print and minify	Paste JSON → Format/Minify
Unix time	Epoch ↔ date conversion	Enter timestamp → See date & vice versa

📁 Files Tools

Tool	Description	How to Use
File hashes	SHA-256, SHA-1, MD5	Drop/select file → Copy hash
Text hashes	SHA-256, SHA-1, MD5	Enter text → See all hashes
QR code	Generate PNG QR codes	Enter text → Generate → Copy to clipboard

🔒 Privacy & Diagnostics Tools

Tool	Description	How to Use
Clear clipboard	Wipe clipboard immediately	Click to clear
System info	OS and runtime details	View system information
USB security tips	BitLocker, VeraCrypt guide	Read security recommendations

🚀 How to Use

1. Launch the app - Run PasswordToolbox.exe
2. Browse tools - Use the search bar or scroll through categories
3. Select a tool - Click on any tool to open it
4. Use the tool - Follow on-screen instructions for each tool

Searching for Tools

• Type in the search box to filter tools by name, description, or category
• The counter shows filtered/total tools

Tool Categories

• Security 🔐 - Encryption, passwords, disk protection
• Secrets 🔑 - Random generators, UUIDs
• Encoding 🔤 - Text encoding/decoding utilities
• Files 📁 - File processing, hashing, QR codes
• Privacy 🔒 - Clipboard, system info, guides
• Roadmap 📋 - Planned future features

⚙️ Requirements

• Operating System: Windows 10 or Windows 11
• Runtime: .NET 8.0 Desktop Runtime
• RAM: 100 MB minimum
• Disk: 50 MB for installation

📥 Installation

Option 1: Pre-built Release

1. Download the latest release from the Releases page
2. Extract the ZIP file
3. Run PasswordToolbox.exe

Option 2: Install .NET Runtime

If you don't have .NET 8.0 Runtime:

1. Download from Microsoft
2. Run the installer
3. Launch PasswordToolbox

🔨 Build from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/PasswordToolbox.git
cd PasswordToolbox

# Build and run
dotnet run --project PasswordToolbox/PasswordToolbox.csproj

🔒 Security Notes

• ✅ All encryption happens locally on your device
• ✅ No data is sent to external servers
• ✅ Passwords are never stored (except for folder protection which uses a local hash)
• ⚠️ For sensitive data, always use strong passwords
• ⚠️ Backup your encrypted files

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Framework: .NET 8.0 / WPF
• UI: XAML with custom styling
• Libraries:
  • QRCoder - QR code generation
  • SharpZipLib - ZIP compression
  • Ookii.Dialogs.Wpf - File dialogs

📜 License

MIT License - Feel free to use, modify, and distribute.

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