/passwordchecker

A password checker which checks both strength of password and whether the password has been previously compromised (via HIBP API)

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Password Checker

This tool allows you to check the strength of your password and whether the password has appeared in any password dumps.

You password is never sent to other services and only a portion of a hash of your password is used to determine if it has been found in any password dumps.

Getting Started

First, install the requirements

npm install

Then, run the development server:

npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

Building

To create a static version of this site

npm run build

Contributing

Please feel free to contribute by creating issues and making pull requests.

Acknowledgements

Use of zxcvbn the excellent "low-budget" password strength meter; credit to DropBox for this excellent tool.

PasswordChecker makes use of the HIBP PwnedPasswords API to determine if a password has been compromised in the past.