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Install mkpasswd with Cargo

Library and command-line tool to generate passwords. Version 0.3.0 via Cargo; verified 2020-04-18. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#mkpasswd.

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Cargoverified · 100%

cargo install mkpasswd

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Library and command-line tool to generate passwords

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mkpasswd

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mkpasswd. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

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Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mkpasswd`	binary	cargo-installed executable	Declared by crates.io version metadata.

freshness

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These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version0.3.0

manager updated2020-04-18

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	cargo:mkpasswd
Version	0.3.0
Package manager	Cargo
Package manager page	https://crates.io/crates/mkpasswd
Repository	https://github.com/Draphar/mkpasswd/
Upstream docs	https://docs.rs/mkpasswd/
License	MIT
Source archive	https://static.crates.io/crates/mkpasswd/mkpasswd-0.3.0.crate
Last updated	2020-04-18 14:05:59.217521+00
Published	2020-04-18 14:05:59.217521+00
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	crates.io database dump
Crate ID	124,427
Crate Size	7,094
Edition	2018
Executable Intent	Intent public_cli Signals binary name matches crate name
Has Lib	yes
Num Versions	3
Recent Download Window Days	90
Version ID	232,528

source database matches

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Nix95%

mkpasswd

nix profile install nixpkgs#mkpasswd

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mkpasswd

nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: mkpasswd from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

apk95%

mkpasswd 5.6.6-r0

mkpasswd with configurable number of rounds

https://github.com/rfc1036/whois

sudo apk add mkpasswd

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: whois
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Mkpasswd

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mkpasswd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

mkpasswd 5.6.6-2.fc45

Encrypt a password with crypt(3) function using a salt

https://www.linux.it/~md/software/

sudo dnf install mkpasswd

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: whois
4 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Mkpasswd

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mkpasswd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

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This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

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