Niyebe

Niyebe, simple pseudo-random password generator for the forgetful

Usage

$ niyebe -l 16      # generate random string with 16 characters
y}n59q\'1W8o=4_i

Features & Benefits

• generate random custom password

Random Algorithm

Niyebe is using the Mersenne Twister to generate a pseudo-random number which is provided by the <random> header in the C++ standard library.

System Requirements

• Operating System: Linux (Ubuntu 64-bit) or Windows 10/11 (64-bit)

Software Requirements

Windows

• CMake
• MinGW or Cygwin
• OpenSSL

Linux

• GNU Compiler Collection

Build Instruction

Windows

Using cmake

Debug build

> cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -B build/debug
> cmake --build build/debug
> .\build\debug\bin\niyebe.exe 

Release build

> cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -B build/release
> cmake --build build/release
> .\build\release\bin\niyebe.exe 

Using mingw32-make

> mingw32-make
> niyebe.exe

Linux

Using cmake

$ cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -B build/debug
$ cmake --build build/debug
$ ./build/debug/bin/niyebe

Using make

$ make
$ ./niyebe

Install Instruction

Linux

$ sudo make install

This will install/copy the compiled executable to /opt/niyebe.

To add niyebe to PATH

$ echo "export PATH="$PATH:/opt/niyebe"" >> ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc

Resources

• ASCII Table
• How Do Random Password Generators Work?
• The big password mistake that hackers are hoping you’ll make

License