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Htpasswd & Password Generator

Generates a random password with a bit-entropy readout, then hashes it as APR1-MD5, bcrypt, and SSHA, ready to paste into an Apache or nginx htpasswd file. Everything, including the hashing, happens in your browser: nothing is sent anywhere.

📖 Guide: htpasswd hash formats explained

Last updated: September 9, 2026

How to use this tool

1. Generate a random password with the slider and character-set checkboxes, or type your own into the password field below.
2. Click "Use this password below" to carry it over, or enter a username and password directly.
3. Pick a bcrypt cost factor if you're using that format — higher is slower to crack but slower to verify too; 10-12 is a reasonable default.
4. Click Generate hashes, then copy the line in the format your web server expects into its htpasswd file.

Sample output

A finished htpasswd line, in APR1-MD5 format, looks like this:

It's needed to password-protect a directory on an Apache or nginx server using HTTP Basic Authentication — a quick, no-code way to gate a staging site, an admin panel, or internal docs from casual access.

Generate a password

Hash for htpasswd