Password Length: A longer password is harder to crack than a shorter one, even with a bigger character set. For example, an 8-character password using only numbers has 10^8 (100 million) combinations and is rated Weak, while a 12-character password using all four sets has about 2.5 x 10^23 combinations and is rated Strong.
Character Sets: You can build your pool from uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers and symbols, alone or in any combination. The password always includes at least one character from each selected set. For example, with only Lowercase and Numbers selected, every generated password contains both a letter and a digit.
Exclude Ambiguous Characters: With this option off you might get a password such as A1O0lI2x. Turning it on removes 0, O, o, 1, l and I from the pool, so the same settings could produce AaB4C9x7 instead - characters that cannot be misread.
Number of Passwords: Set this to 1 for a single password, or enter a number up to 20 to generate a batch of unique passwords at once. Each one is independent, so no two are ever the same. For example, setting it to 5 produces five separate passwords, one per line, ready to paste into your records.
Strength and Crack Estimate: For a single password, the tool calculates its entropy as length x log2(pool size) and rates it Weak, Fair, Good, Strong or Excellent, with a strength score from 1 to 100 (the entropy in bits, capped at 100). It then shows the estimated number of attempts an offline brute-force attack would need, assuming a fast attacker trying 10 billion guesses per second. The default settings (8 characters, all four sets) come out around 52 bits of entropy - about 3.9 x 10^15 attempts, which is roughly 4.5 days at that speed.