CipherSmith 1.3.0

A powerful password generator with real-time strength analysis

🔐 CipherSmith

A powerful CLI password generator with real-time strength analysis and advanced security features. Built with security and usability in mind! 🚀

✨ Features

• 🎯 Generate cryptographically secure passwords
• 📊 Real-time password strength analysis using zxcvbn
• 🔍 Detailed password security feedback and suggestions
• 📝 Password history tracking with tags and descriptions
• 🔎 Search through password history
• 📈 Password generation statistics
• 🎨 Exclude similar characters option
• 🛡️ Advanced pattern detection and security analysis

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.9 or higher
• pip (Python package installer)

Installation

pip install CipherSmith

Basic Usage

# Generate a secure password
CipherSmith generate

# Generate with specific requirements
CipherSmith generate --uppercase 2 --lowercase 6 --numbers 2 --special-chars 2

# Check password strength
CipherSmith check "your-password-here"

# Check with detailed analysis
CipherSmith check "your-password-here" --verbose

# View password history
CipherSmith history

# Search passwords
CipherSmith search "github"

🔍 Password Strength Analysis

CipherSmith includes advanced password strength analysis:

• Real-time strength visualization
• Pattern detection
• Crack time estimation
• Security suggestions
• Comprehensive feedback

Example output:

Password Strength Analysis:
Score: 4/4
Crack Time: 1961.20 seconds
Feedback: Strong password!

Additional Details:
Length: 18
Character Sets: lowercase, uppercase, numbers, special
Patterns Found: None
Suggestions: None

📚 Documentation

For detailed usage examples, see our Demo Guide.

Common topics:

• Installation Guide
• Usage Examples
• Changelog

🔧 Dependencies

• typer>=0.9.0
• rich>=10.0.0
• zxcvbn-python>=4.4.24
• cryptography>=41.0.0
• sqlalchemy>=2.0.0
• click>=8.0.0
• colorama>=0.4.4

📦 Versioning and Releases

When you've added new features or made changes to the code, follow these steps to create a new release:

1. Update version number in pyproject.toml:

   [tool.poetry]
   version = "x.y.z"  # Increment according to semantic versioning
   

2. Create and push a new tag:

   # Create a new tag
   git tag -a v1.2.3 -m "Release version 1.2.3"
   
   # Push the tag
   git push origin v1.2.3
   

   Version numbering follows Semantic Versioning:

   • MAJOR version (x) - Incompatible API changes
   • MINOR version (y) - Added functionality (backwards-compatible)
   • PATCH version (z) - Bug fixes (backwards-compatible)

3. The GitHub Actions workflow will automatically:

   • Build the Python package
   • Sign the package using Sigstore
   • Create a GitHub release
   • Upload the signed distribution packages

4. The release will be available on:

   • GitHub Releases page
   • PyPI (after successful publication)

Example scenarios:

• Added new command: v1.1.0
• Fixed a bug: v1.0.1
• Breaking change: v2.0.0

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🌟 Author

Amul Thantharate ([e-mail])

🔄 Version

Current version: 1.2.0