No Crappy Password Tool

With all the accounts that we own, remembering passwords is surely difficult, more so if they comply with the recommended security standards. While there are password managers you can use, another way to make sure you have a strong password is to encrypt a text you will surely remember, a principle that is successfully applied by No Crappy Password Tool.

This lightweight and open-source software utility makes it possible to generate passwords that are impossible or at least very difficult to break. You can use its output to create strong login data for your accounts, whether we are talking about social media, your personal mailbox, or any other account.

No Crappy Password Tool requires no installation, as you can launch it directly from the downloaded archive. It is obvious that the developer focused more on functionality than looks, since the interface bundles all the options and forms into a single gray window.

All you have to do is type in or paste your insecure password into the designated field of No Crappy Password Tool. There are options to customize the offset and the number of characters for the output, which by default is 85. You can also change the encryption algorithm and method to use: ASCII85, SiteSafe, Base64 or HexDec.

It only takes the push of a button to begin processing the weak password, hash it and turn it into a strong string of characters, which is displayed in the lower side of the window. The output can be easily copied to the clipboard and used further in other applications.

No Crappy Password Tool takes a weak password as input, hashes it using one of the available algorithms, generating a strong password that can be used as you please. Using one-way encryption, it makes sure that no brute force attacks can reveal the original text.

The idea is, of course, interesting, but it is surely not revelatory, since password managers and generators ca practically create secure passwords in a similar way.