Passwords are virtually ubiquitous in the digital world. Whenever you create a user account for a website, you need a secure password. When you have to change your computer or network login password, you need a secure password. Also, when protecting personal data and private communication by strong encryption, you should better use a secure password.
Password Tech is a Windows application that can help you generate secure passwords and generally any kind of secure key for access control and data protection. To this end, it uses a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator based on strong cryptographic algorithms:
- Random number generation through a combination of the one-way hash function BLAKE2s and the encryption algorithm Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) or ChaCha20/ChaCha8 with a 256-bit key.
- Entropy accumulation by collecting volatile system parameters and exploiting indeterministic timing from user input such as keystrokes, mouse clicks, and mouse movements.
Password Tech is capable of generating a large variety of passwords and passphrases, which may be composed of purely random characters or words, or follow certain rules, so that they can be memorized more easily:
- Passwords composed of random characters from a character set.
- Passphrases composed of random words from a word list.
- Phonetic (pronounceable) passwords based on language-specific trigram (3-letter) frequencies.
- Passwords based on user-defined patterns (formatted passwords) using a variety of placeholders for different character sets.
- Execution of Lua scripts with a programming interface to Password Tech allows full control over the process of password generation.
- Generation of large amounts of passwords at once, which can be displayed in a window, stored in a file, or output on the console.
- Full Unicode support in the entire application. Unicode encodings UTF-8 and UTF-16 (both LE and BE) are supported (conversion to non-Unicode ANSI character encoding is also possible, in case Unicode is not needed).
Apart from generating secure passwords, Password Tech provides many useful functionalities related to password usage and storage:
- Password manager functionality through databases encrypted with a master password, containing passwords associated with a title, user name, URL, etc.
- Strong encryption using AES or ChaCha20 with a 256-bit key. Data integrity and authentication accomplished through HMAC-SHA-512.
- Database protection by regular passwords and/or key files. The content of a key file is transformed into a 256-bit key and appended to the password (if both are specified).
- In addition to the conventional master password, a recovery password (password and/or key file) can be configured, which allows accessing the database in case the master password is lost (e.g., forgotten).
- Automatic insertion of passwords in website forms and other applications through an “autotype” functionality.
- “Password hasher” that generates passwords from a master password and a variable parameter (similar to Hashapass).
- Encryption of clipboard text and password lists using AES with a 256-bit key.
Udgiverens beskrivelse (engelsk)
Hvad er Password Tech?
Password Tech fra Christian Thöing er open source-software til Windows (kategori: Adgangskodeadministratorer). Programmeringssprog: C.
Installation og systemkrav
Udgiveren tilbyder installationsfiler til 64-bit (EXE (Inno Setup)). Installationen kræver administratorrettigheder. Med installationsfilens dokumenterede parametre kan programmet installeres lydløst.
Opdateringer og versionshistorik
Den nyeste version er 3.6.1, udgivet 18. oktober 2026. Versionshistorikken rummer 11 udgivelser og går tilbage til 3. oktober 2022; alle linker til de officielle filer. Det svarer til cirka 2,7 udgivelser om året. Den seneste opdatering er mindre end en måned gammel.
Popularitet og filtyper
Kildekoden på GitHub (cthoeing/passwordtech) har 74 stjerner. Lignende programmer er for eksempel Bitwarden, KeePassXC og 1Password.
Projektbeskrivelse på GitHub: “Professional password generator for Windows”
Fordele / Ulemper
Fordele
- Open source: alle kan gennemse og kompilere koden
- Dokumenteret lydløs installation
- Opdateret inden for de seneste to måneder
Ulemper
- Ingen indbygget ARM64-version
- Installationen kræver administratorrettigheder
Kort sagt: Password Tech er et værktøj med åben kildekode i kategorien Adgangskodeadministratorer til pc’er med 64-bit. Administratorer kan udrulle det uovervåget.
Er det sikkert at downloade Password Tech?
- Filen leveres af github.com, udgiverens eget domæne
- Downloadlinket bruger HTTPS
- Der er offentliggjort en SHA256-hash, så du kan kontrollere filen:
AA971B6272DD8197C24929EC57EC6FF220DE3BD123B76FD3E63DB516DD927B22· Åbn VirusTotal-rapporten for denne hash - Linket er ikke kontrolleret endnu
- Kildekoden er offentlig
- ExeAtlas hoster, indpakker eller ændrer ikke installationsfiler
Relateret vejledning: Sådan tjekker du en fils SHA256-hash i Windows
Nyeste versioner
Alle 11 versioner ›11 versioner på 4 år · cirka 2,7 om året
| Version | Dato | Størrelse | Filer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6.1Nyeste | 18. oktober 2026 | — | 64-bit EXE (Inno Setup)64-bit EXE (Inno Setup) |
| 3.6.0 | 14. maj 2026 | — | 32-bit EXE (Inno Setup)32-bit EXE (Inno Setup) |
| 3.5.10 | 30. december 2025 | — | 32-bit EXE (Inno Setup)32-bit EXE (Inno Setup) |
| 3.5.9 | 5. oktober 2025 | — | 32-bit EXE (Inno Setup)32-bit EXE (Inno Setup) |
| 3.5.8 | 7. september 2025 | — | 32-bit EXE (Inno Setup)32-bit EXE (Inno Setup) |
| 3.5.7 | 11. maj 2025 | — | 64-bit EXE (Inno Setup)64-bit EXE (Inno Setup) |
| 3.5.6 | 30. januar 2025 | — | 64-bit EXE (Inno Setup)64-bit EXE (Inno Setup) |
| 3.5.4 | 15. februar 2024 | — | 64-bit EXE (Inno Setup) |
Installér fra kommandolinjen
Lydløs installation ›winget install --id ChristianThoeing.PasswordTech -ePwTech-3.6.1-Setup.exe /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-Relateret vejledning: winget: installer og opdater programmer i Windows
Information
- Udgiver
- Christian Thöing
- Kategori
- Adgangskodeadministratorer
- Licens
- GPL-2.0-or-later
- Pris
- Gratis
- Kildekode
- github.com/cthoeing/passwordtech
- Programmeringssprog
- C
- Kræver
- Windows 11 / 10
- Arkitektur
- 64-bit
- Installationsfil
- EXE (Inno Setup)
- Version
- 3.6.1
- Udgivet
- 18. oktober 2026
- I kataloget siden
- 11. april 2025
- Registrerede versioner
- 11
- Opdateringer pr. år
- 2,7
- GitHub-stjerner
- 74
- GitHub-forks
- 9
- Websted
- pwgen-win.sourceforge.io
- winget-id
- ChristianThoeing.PasswordTech
Bedømmelser og anmeldelser
Ingen anmeldelser endnu. Vær den første til at bedømme programmet.
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Ofte stillede spørgsmål
Er Password Tech gratis?
Ja. Password Tech er open source-software under licensen GPL-2.0-or-later.
Er det sikkert at downloade Password Tech?
Filen kommer fra github.com, som tilhører udgiveren; ExeAtlas hoster eller ændrer den ikke. Sammenlign filens SHA256-hash med den, der vises her, eller åbn VirusTotal-rapporten for hashen.
Hvordan installerer jeg Password Tech med winget?
Åbn PowerShell eller Windows Terminal, og kør winget-kommandoen, der vises på denne side. winget downloader den officielle installationsfil og kontrollerer SHA256-hashen, før den køres.
Kan Password Tech installeres lydløst?
Ja. Siden om lydløs installation viser den præcise kommando for hver installationsfil.
Kører Password Tech på ARM (Windows on Arm)?
Der findes ingen ARM64-version; Windows 11 on Arm kan køre versionen til 64-bit via emulering.
Hvor kan jeg downloade en ældre version af Password Tech?
Versionssiden viser alle 11 versioner siden 3. oktober 2022 med links til de officielle installationsfiler.
Kan jeg bruge Password Tech uden administratorrettigheder?
Ja, der findes en installationsfil pr. bruger, som ikke kræver administratorrettigheder.
Hvilke alternativer findes der til Password Tech?
Bitwarden, KeePassXC, 1Password, LastPass og Buttercup. Siden med alternativer sammenligner dem.