qabpassgen 0.1.1

Quantum password generator using IBM Quantum hardware or Aer simulator

QabPassGen 🔐⚛️

Quantum-Entropy Password Generator — powered by real IBM Quantum hardware or local Aer simulation.

qabpassgen generates cryptographically strong passwords using true quantum randomness. It applies Hadamard gates to put qubits into superposition, measures their collapse, and converts the resulting bitstream into passwords via rejection sampling (eliminating modulo bias). Password strength is then verified by zxcvbn.

📦 Installation

pip install qabpassgen

Note: Requires Python >=3.9, <3.13

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🚀 Usage

Minimal — Simulator (no token needed)

import qabpassgen

result = qabpassgen.generate_password()
print(result['password'])
# Example: "X7kPq2mNvLz!8Yw3A#m"

With all options

import qabpassgen

result = qabpassgen.generate_password(
    ibm_token="YOUR_IBM_QUANTUM_TOKEN",  # Optional: use real hardware
    length=32,
    use_symbols=True,
    use_numbers=True
)
print(result['password'])

Pretty terminal report

import qabpassgen

result = qabpassgen.generate_password(length=24, use_symbols=True, use_numbers=True)
qabpassgen.print_report(result)

╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║              QUANTUM ENTROPY AUDIT                   ║
╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ PASS: X7#kPq@2mNvLz!8Yw3A#m                         ║
║ RANK: 4/4 Security Score                             ║
║ TIME: centuries                                      ║
║ BITS: 87.3 Shannon Entropy                           ║
╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ FROM: Aer_Quantum_Sim                                ║
║ UTIL: 96.1% Yield Efficiency                         ║
║ LOAD: 0.312s                                         ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

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📖 API Reference

generate_password(...) → dict

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
ibm_token	str	None	IBM Quantum API token. Uses real hardware if provided; falls back to Aer simulator if omitted or if hardware is offline.
length	int	20	Number of characters in the password.
use_symbols	bool	True	Include symbols: !@#$%^&*
use_numbers	bool	True	Include digits 0–9

Returns a dict:

{
    "password": "X7#kPq@2mNvLz!8Yw3A#m",
    "metrics": {
        "strength": "4/4",          # zxcvbn score
        "crack_time": "centuries",  # estimated offline crack time
        "entropy": 87.3             # Shannon entropy in bits
    },
    "provenance": {
        "source": "Aer_Quantum_Sim",  # or real IBM device name e.g. "ibm_kyiv"
        "bits": 1920,                 # total quantum bits consumed
        "yield": "96.1%",            # rejection sampling efficiency
        "latency": "0.312s"          # total generation time
    }
}

print_report(result)

Renders a formatted terminal report. Pass the dict returned by generate_password().

qabpassgen.print_report(result)

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🧠 How It Works

1. Quantum Circuit: Creates a circuit with Hadamard gates on all qubits → perfect 50/50 superposition.
2. Measurement: Collapses qubits to classical bits → true quantum randomness.
3. Bitstream: Raw measurements are packed into 8-bit integers (0–255).
4. Rejection Sampling: Bytes outside the uniform range are discarded to eliminate modulo bias.
5. Hardware Fallback: If a token is given but IBM hardware is unreachable, automatically uses the local Aer simulator.
6. Strength Check: Result is validated with zxcvbn.

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🔑 IBM Quantum Token

To use real quantum hardware, get a free token at quantum.ibm.com and pass it as ibm_token. Without a token, the local Aer simulator is used automatically.

You can also set it via environment variable:

export IBM_QUANTUM_TOKEN="your_token_here"

import os, qabpassgen
result = qabpassgen.generate_password(ibm_token=os.getenv("IBM_QUANTUM_TOKEN"))

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🛡️ Dependencies

• qiskit — quantum circuit definition
• qiskit-aer — local quantum simulator
• qiskit-ibm-runtime — real IBM Quantum hardware access
• zxcvbn — password strength estimation

📄 License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.