From Facebook to ATMs, our passwords are digital locks to keep our
confidential information secure from unwanted access. There are two
types of passwords: pronounceable passwords which makes it easy to
remember but no less effective, and random passwords, which are
infinitely more difficult to crack.
If you’ve tested your password strength, but you don’t feel like installing desktop tools to generate passwords, then you’ve come to the right place.
In this post, you’ll find
25 online tools to help you generate pronounceable and random passwords
quickly and easily. What’s awesome is that all the online password
generators featured on this list are not only free; we don’t even need
to sign up or subscribe to any of them.
Pronounceable Password Generators
Pronounceable passwords may not be as strong as random passwords, but
sometimes it’s better to be able to remember than to risk forgetting
your passwords and having to go through all the trouble of retrieving
them, isn’t it?
A simple, straightforward password generator, which requires you to
specify the exact password length you want, and whether you want it
pronounceable or hard-to-crack random. Customize your random password by
ticking any of the 7 options (you can select more than one).
The APG Online can generate up to 999 passwords according to your
customization with just one click. It also allows you to save the
customizations until your next return for new passwords.
Password Boy is a user-friendly password generator that is very quick
and easy to use. Simply choose random or pronounceable, and the
character set you want included.
Arguably the easiest to use, this online tool is for those looking
for a quick password with the least hassle. Available in 14 languages,
simply tap "Generate new passwords", and there you have it!
This two-step generator lets you select the password template you
want, then churns out passwords based on the pattern chosen. You can
only choose to include uppercase, lowercase letters, numbers and/or
symbols, but if it’s a pronounceable password you want, you will get a
pretty decent one.
Vint.ca lets you select the "level of pronouncability" you want in
your password. Less pronounceable passwords are harder to crack, but
more pronounceable passwords are easier to memorise. After all, how
difficult can it be to remember ‘maliLulu’?
This generator only creates pronounceable passwords made of lowercase
letters. All you get to pick is the password length (maximum 64
characters) and how many passwords you want generated (maximum 1000).
Xkcd’s idea of an excellent password is a phrase of four common words
jumbled up. Careful though: It is also believed that even the most
obscure words aren’t good choices as passwords consisting of "dictionary
words" can be quickly hacked. That aside, it’s actually fun to try what
the generator can come up with; they actually gave me the phrase,
"little old bean history". There’s even a comic strip explaining their
unusual take on passwords:
OK, this one seems like a straightforward one. Consonants will remain, but the vowels might be replaced by numbers and symbols.
Get a simple, catchy password with only lowercase letters and numbers
(not so recommended) or a stronger and yet pronounceable password, like
‘sc@ryLeaf92′.
Random Password Generators
Unlike pronounceable passwords that may be based on your personal
information or common dictionary words, random passwords are simply a
bunch of meaningless characters that hackers would not be able to guess,
and could only resort to "brute force". Some of these generators also
allows the option to exclude ambiguous characters, which are characters
that look confusingly similar, such as ‘i’, ‘I’, ’1′ or ’0′, ‘O’ and
‘o’.
LittleLite Password Generator is direct and quick. Just tick any of
the character sets you want in your password, specify the password
length, and generate.
Hugh’s tip to an easy-to-remember random password was to come up with
a memorable phrase, or better, a song’s name; snag off the first letter
of every word, spice it up with some punctuations and replace letters
with look-alike numbers. Generator or no, it would be fun to come up
with this kind of passwords manually, aye?
Allowing you to limit ambiguous characters, this makes the generator a
nice, quick choice if you’re tired of having your Wi-Fi being hacked,
and your friends complaining that they kept mistyping your passwords
because it’s hard to tell between ’0′ and ‘O’. Even better, the
generator offers to display output phonetics, helping you to memorise
your passwords.
Password Bird basically creates passwords by combining parts of
words and numbers meaningful to you, so it can be random and yet
uniquely memorable for you.
Lets you choose whether to completely exclude ambiguous characters
(i,I,1, etc) or even include specific symbols. Although the password
generated would not be easily pronounceable, if you want something that
is easier to remember, you can tweak the pronouncing options to
‘Normal’.
If you’re opting for something you can memorise easily, all you need
to do is decide how many letters and numbers you want in the password,
and if you want the digits before the letters. Otherwise, customize your
password further with upper-case letters and symbols.
Not sure what options to go for? Check out this generator’s handy
guidelines. Your best bet is always to go for an at least 14-characters
password, and of course, don’t forget to include mixed case letters,
digits and symbols.
Norton is not only protecting users against viruses and malwares now,
they’re even protecting cyber users from getting their passwords
hacked. Apart from the regular features, you can also make sure the
passwords generated will not contain any similar characters.
The Password Chart is a witty way to generate secret codes like how
we did it back in high school. Firstly, generate the password chart by
typing in a phrase (preferably a funny one you’ll remember). Then, you
can either print out the chart and do it the (fun) manual way, or save
time and convert it again using the generator; see your password convert
to utter gibberish, which only you’ll remember.
Not only does it generate passwords for you, it also tells you if yours is strong or weak.
The Free Password Builder allows you to increase the chances of or
entirely omit certain characters from the passwords generated.
It can cook up as many passwords as you want with just one click, then tell you how you can remember the password.
All the basic features plus the extras like limiting ambiguous
characters and displaying phonetic pronunciation in this one tool.
Random Password conveniences the indecisive folk by offering only two
customizable options: password length and non-alphanumeric characters.
Lets you choose if you want to generate the password locally (to be more on the safe side).