🔐 Password Strength Checker

A simple and interactive Python tool to check the strength of a password based on common security criteria and give suggestions to improve it.

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🚀 Features

• ✅ Checks for:
  • Minimum length (8+ characters)
  • Lowercase letters
  • Uppercase letters
  • Numbers
  • Special characters
• 🧠 Provides:
  • Strength rating: Weak, Medium, or Strong
  • Suggestions to improve weak/medium passwords
• 📦 Pure Python — no external libraries required

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💻 How to Use

📦 Option 1: Clone from GitHub (Recommended)

git clone https://github.com/chiragdhawan07/password-strength-checker.git
cd password-strength-checker
python3 password_strength_checker.py

💡 On Windows, you can replace python3 with python.

🧾 Option 2: Copy and Run the Code Directly

1. Open any Python IDE or text editor (e.g., VS Code, IDLE).
2. Create a new file: password_checker.py.
3. Paste the full code from this repo: password_checker.py.
4. Run the file using:

python3 password_strength_checker.py

Works in any Python 3 environment—no cloning or setup required.