Christian Thöing

Christian Thöing is a solo German developer who has spent more than two decades refining a single, tightly-focused utility: Password Tech. Originally released in 2001 under the name PWGen for Windows, the program has evolved into a professional-grade password generator and encrypted password manager that remains 100 % free and open-source. Written in modern C++, it produces cryptographically secure passwords, passphrases and word lists, supports every Unicode script, and can be scripted through the command line for unattended batch jobs. Typical use cases range from sysadmins who need to reset hundreds of local accounts, to penetration testers requiring custom character-rule dictionaries, to privacy-minded individuals who want to fill browser fields through the built-in clipboard clearer and time-based one-time password generator. Advanced options include pronounceable passwords, pattern-based generation, phonetic output for reading over the phone, and integration with YubiKey or any FIDO2 token for two-factor encryption of the local database. Because the source is publicly tracked on SourceForge, security auditors can verify that no telemetry or cloud sync ever touches the generated secrets. Christian Thöing’s Password Tech is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always install the latest release, and can be queued alongside other applications for unattended batch installation.