Passwords that need to be used long term and are randomly generated need more randomness than your standard random library. On Linux, Unix or OSX /dev/random can be used to create really secure passwords from random bytes. This gem provides an implementation to do just that.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'dev-random-passwords'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install dev-random-passwords

Simply install the gem and run "randompasswords"

$ randompasswords
ci+IUid(QVG1

dev-random-passwords by default creates a 12 character random password with uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. A password with these qualities would take centuries to brute force and ensure that you have very secure random passwords.

Use -l to specify chracter length

$ randompasswords -l 16
U[3wjY?]~h$26s!Q

Use -c to set which character types you want to use (uppercase, lowercase, digits or special)

$ randompasswords -l 16 -c lowercase,uppercase
cxtDCjIaTFmHnlba

Use -i to include certain characters or -e to exclude them

$ randompasswords -c digits -l 54 -e 23456789
010000101100100111000010000111101010011101110010011011

Run "randompasswords -h" for full set of options and description

Require the gem

require 'dev-random-passwords'

Set up a new instance

rpg = DevRandomPasswords::Generator.new

Set some options for your password

rpg.set_options({'lowercase' => true, 'uppercase' => true, 'digits' => true,  'length' => 18, 'requirements' => {'digits' => true, 'uppercase' => true, 'lowercase' => true}})

Generate a new password

rpg.generate #=> "wdHHzTex47NWFyseN8"

Enjoy!

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/jbsmith86/dev-random-passwords/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request