PWgen Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

PWgen hosting on xCloud lets you deploy PWgen, a private password generator, on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned PWgen 1.93.0 image as a single container and publishes it over HTTPS. It keeps no data on the server, and the optional breach check sends only the first five characters of a SHA-1 hash to Have I Been Pwned, never the password itself.

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What is PWgen?

PWgen is an open-source web application that generates secure passwords or passphrases with customisable options. A password can include uppercase letters, digits and special characters at the length you choose, with an option to exclude look-alike characters; a passphrase is made of random words from English, Finnish or French lists, with options for capitalisation and separators. A self-hosted PWgen is a private password generator, licensed AGPL-3.0.

Upstream can check each result against the Have I Been Pwned database, using a partial hash, or run offline with that check turned off. On xCloud the template deploys PWgen 1.93.0 as a single container from a community image, pinned by digest because upstream publishes only a latest tag for it. It has no login, no database and no volume, and visitors' settings stay in a browser cookie.

From Sign-Up to a Live Generator In Just 3 Easy Steps

Running your own generator normally means a container, a domain, a certificate and a reverse proxy before the first password. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick PWgen from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in, because PWgen needs no credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the single PWgen container, a community image pinned by immutable digest, bind its port to loopback only, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain. There is no database and no volume, so there is nothing else to provision. It is usually healthy within about 30 seconds.
Step 03
Generate Your First Password
Open your HTTPS PWgen URL, choose a length and character sets, and generate a password — or switch to passphrase mode for a multi-word one. There is no sign-in.

Everything PWgen Does, On Your Own Server

PWgen runs in full here: a password and passphrase generator on your own domain, with no accounts and no stored data.

Passwords With Your Rules
Choose the length and which character sets to include, then generate a random password in one click.
Passphrase Mode
Generate a multi-word passphrase from a word list instead of a random string. Upstream ships English, Finnish and French lists.
Breach Check Without Sharing The Password
Each result can be checked against the Have I Been Pwned list using k-anonymity: only the first five characters of its SHA-1 hash leave the server.
Look-Alike Characters Excluded
Leave out o, 0, O, l, 1 and I so a password that gets read aloud or typed by hand is not misread.
Cryptographically Secure Randomness
Passwords come from Python's secrets module, as confirmed in the upstream source.
Settings Stay In The Browser
Each visitor's generator settings are kept in their own browser cookie, so the server stores nothing about them.

Everything You Need To Run Your Password Generator 24/7

Managed hosting for PWgen, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

PWgen 1.93.0 deployed instantly
Community image pinned by digest
Port bound to loopback, served over HTTPS
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With PWgen

A generator your team can open
Give a team one trusted address for creating strong passwords, instead of each person choosing a different website to paste credentials into.
Credentials that get typed or read aloud
Exclude look-alike characters so a Wi-Fi key, a shared login or a spoken password is not misread.
Memorable passphrases
Switch to passphrase mode when people need to remember what they generate, using English, Finnish or French word lists.
Checking a password without exposing it
Use the optional breach check to avoid known-compromised passwords while only a partial hash leaves your server.

PWgen Screenshots

The PWgen home page with a freshly generated password and the generator options

PWgen generating a 30-character password

PWgen in passphrase mode showing a multi-word passphrase

PWgen vs Alternatives

Online password generators: Public websites that generate a password on someone else's server. A PWgen alternative to online password generators runs on your own domain and keeps nothing on the server.
Bitwarden: In a PWgen vs Bitwarden comparison, Bitwarden and 1Password include a generator inside a password manager. PWgen is a standalone generator with no accounts and no vault.
Browser-built-in suggestions: Browsers can suggest a password when you sign up for a site. PWgen is a separate page where you set the length, character sets or passphrase options yourself.
Vaultwarden: Vaultwarden has its own OneClick page. It is a password server that stores credentials, whereas PWgen only generates them and stores nothing.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for PWgen hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if PWgen sits alongside other tools on the same server.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. PWgen itself is licensed by its maintainers under AGPL-3.0.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Password Generator?

PWgen on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is PWgen free?

Yes. PWgen is AGPL-3.0 software with no fee attached. The Cloud VPS is your only cost, and a generator that idles at about 114 MiB shares that server easily with other apps, so nothing extra is needed for it.

How much RAM does PWgen need?

The manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 1 GB of disk, and QA measured about 114 MiB idle. The 6 GB plan is well above that, and a very large length request can briefly tie up a worker before it recovers.

Can you self-host PWgen with Docker?

Yes, and this template is PWgen Docker hosting without the setup: a community PWgen 1.93.0 image pinned by digest as one container, bound to loopback and served over HTTPS on your domain. There is no database or volume to provision.

Does the PWgen breach check send my password anywhere?

No. Only the first five characters of its SHA-1 hash are sent to Have I Been Pwned; the password stays on your server. If that service is unreachable, passwords are returned unchecked. Set NO_API_CHECK=true to stay fully offline.

Does PWgen store the passwords it generates?

No. Generated passwords are not logged or stored on the server, and the app is stateless. Each visitor's generator settings are saved in their own browser cookie, so the server holds nothing about them either.

Can PWgen generate passphrases?

Yes. Passphrase mode builds a multi-word passphrase from a word list, with options for capitalisation, separators and added numbers or special characters. Upstream ships English, Finnish and French lists, which suits people who must remember what they generate.

Is the PWgen generator public by default?

Yes. It has no accounts and no admin area, so anyone who can reach the site can generate passwords, and nothing more. To restrict it, put xCloud Basic Authentication in front, which adds a login prompt before the page loads.

Enable Basic Authentication

Why should DISABLE_URL_CHECK stay unset in PWgen?

Turning it on would let any visitor make the server fetch an arbitrary address as a custom word list. Leave it at its default, which is also what this template does, since the endpoint is public.

How do I back up PWgen?

There is nothing to back up. The app is stateless and the template defines no volumes, so an xCloud Restart loses nothing. Optional overrides sit in the Environment editor, which you can note down if you changed any.

How do I upgrade PWgen?

The install stays on PWgen 1.93.0 until you adopt a newer template version. Nothing needs copying across, so skim the upstream notes and generate a test password afterwards. Nothing upgrades the app automatically, because upstream publishes only a latest tag and the digest is the pin.

Is there a PWgen cloud service I can use?

This page is your own PWgen cloud: a dedicated Cloud VPS running the open-source generator on your domain. It is a private instance, not a shared public website, so only the people you point at it can use it.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.