diff --git a/demo/index.tsx b/demo/index.tsx
index 79109d8..e0d6ffc 100644
--- a/demo/index.tsx
+++ b/demo/index.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Terminal, { ColorMode, TerminalInput, TerminalOutput } from '../src/index
 import './style.css';
 
 const TerminalController = (props = {}) => {
+  const [isPasswordMode, setIsPasswordMode] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const [colorMode, setColorMode] = useState(ColorMode.Dark);
   const [lineData, setLineData] = useState([
     <TerminalOutput>Welcome to the React Terminal UI Demo!&#128075;</TerminalOutput>,
@@ -12,27 +13,38 @@ const TerminalController = (props = {}) => {
     <TerminalOutput>The following example commands are provided:</TerminalOutput>,
     <TerminalOutput>'view-source' will navigate to the React Terminal UI github source.</TerminalOutput>,
     <TerminalOutput>'view-react-docs' will navigate to the react docs.</TerminalOutput>,
+    <TerminalOutput>'login' will show input password with "*" instead of real string</TerminalOutput>,
     <TerminalOutput>'clear' will clear the terminal.</TerminalOutput>,
   ]);
 
-  function toggleColorMode (e: MouseEvent) {
+  function toggleColorMode(e: MouseEvent) {
     e.preventDefault();
     setColorMode(colorMode === ColorMode.Light ? ColorMode.Dark : ColorMode.Light);
   }
 
-  function onInput (input: string) {
-      let ld = [...lineData];
+  function onInput(input: string) {
+    let ld = [...lineData];
+    if (isPasswordMode) {
+      ld.push(<TerminalInput>{'*'.repeat(input.length)}</TerminalInput>);
+      ld.push(<TerminalOutput>Your password received successfully</TerminalOutput>);
+      setIsPasswordMode(false);
+      setLineData(ld);
+    } else {
       ld.push(<TerminalInput>{input}</TerminalInput>);
-    if (input.toLocaleLowerCase().trim() === 'view-source') {
-      window.open('https://github.com/jonmbake/react-terminal-ui', '_blank');
-    } else if (input.toLocaleLowerCase().trim() === 'view-react-docs') {
-      window.open('https://reactjs.org/docs/getting-started.html', '_blank');
-    } else if (input.toLocaleLowerCase().trim() === 'clear') {
-      ld = [];
-    } else if (input) {
-      ld.push(<TerminalOutput>Unrecognized command</TerminalOutput>);
+      if (input.toLocaleLowerCase().trim() === 'view-source') {
+        window.open('https://github.com/jonmbake/react-terminal-ui', '_blank');
+      } else if (input.toLocaleLowerCase().trim() === 'view-react-docs') {
+        window.open('https://reactjs.org/docs/getting-started.html', '_blank');
+      } else if (input.toLocaleLowerCase().trim() === 'clear') {
+        ld = [];
+      } else if (input.toLocaleLowerCase().trim() === 'login') {
+        ld.push(<TerminalOutput>Please enter your password:</TerminalOutput>);
+        setIsPasswordMode(true);
+      } else if (input) {
+        ld.push(<TerminalOutput>Unrecognized command</TerminalOutput>);
+      }
+      setLineData(ld);
     }
-    setLineData(ld);
   }
 
   const redBtnClick = () => {
@@ -56,15 +68,16 @@ const TerminalController = (props = {}) => {
   return (
     <div className="container" >
       <div className="d-flex flex-row-reverse p-2">
-        <button className={ btnClasses.join(' ') } onClick={ toggleColorMode } >Enable { colorMode === ColorMode.Light ? 'Dark' : 'Light' } Mode</button>
+        <button className={btnClasses.join(' ')} onClick={toggleColorMode} >Enable {colorMode === ColorMode.Light ? 'Dark' : 'Light'} Mode</button>
       </div>
-      <Terminal 
-        name='React Terminal UI' 
-        colorMode={ colorMode }  
-        onInput={ onInput } 
-        redBtnCallback={ redBtnClick } 
-        yellowBtnCallback={ yellowBtnClick } 
-        greenBtnCallback={ greenBtnClick }
+      <Terminal
+        name='React Terminal UI'
+        colorMode={colorMode}
+        onInput={onInput}
+        redBtnCallback={redBtnClick}
+        yellowBtnCallback={yellowBtnClick}
+        greenBtnCallback={greenBtnClick}
+        passwordField={isPasswordMode}
       >
         {lineData}
       </Terminal>
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index 2f4248f..9d8bc64 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export interface Props {
   children?: ReactNode;
   onInput?: ((input: string) => void) | null | undefined;
   startingInputValue?: string;
+  passwordField?: boolean;
   redBtnCallback?: () => void;
   yellowBtnCallback?: () => void;
   greenBtnCallback?: () => void;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ const Terminal = ({
   onInput,
   children,
   startingInputValue = "",
+  passwordField = false,
   redBtnCallback,
   yellowBtnCallback,
   greenBtnCallback,
@@ -256,7 +258,7 @@ const Terminal = ({
             data-terminal-prompt={prompt || "$"}
             key="terminal-line-prompt"
           >
-            {currentLineInput}
+            {passwordField ? "*".repeat(currentLineInput.length) : currentLineInput}
             <span
               className="cursor"
               style={{ left: `${cursorPos + 1}px` }}
@@ -269,6 +271,7 @@ const Terminal = ({
         className="terminal-hidden-input"
         placeholder="Terminal Hidden Input"
         value={currentLineInput}
+        type={passwordField ? "password" : "text"}
         autoFocus={onInput != null}
         onChange={updateCurrentLineInput}
         onKeyDown={handleInputKeyDown}
diff --git a/tests/index.spec.tsx b/tests/index.spec.tsx
index ed6848a..60f8265 100644
--- a/tests/index.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/index.spec.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import Terminal, { ColorMode, TerminalInput, TerminalOutput } from '../src/index';
 import { render, fireEvent, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ describe('Terminal component', () => {
   })
 
   test('Should render prompt', () => {
-    const { container } = render(<Terminal onInput={ (input: string) => '' } />);
+    const { container } = render(<Terminal onInput={(input: string) => ''} />);
     expect(container.querySelectorAll('.react-terminal-line')).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(container.querySelector('.react-terminal-line.react-terminal-active-input[data-terminal-prompt="$"]')).not.toBeNull();
     expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Terminal Hidden Input')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   test('Should not render prompt if onInput prop is null or not defined', () => {
-    const { container } = render(<Terminal onInput={ null }><TerminalOutput>Some terminal output</TerminalOutput></Terminal>);
+    const { container } = render(<Terminal onInput={null}><TerminalOutput>Some terminal output</TerminalOutput></Terminal>);
     // Still renders output line...
     expect(container.querySelectorAll('.react-terminal-line')).toHaveLength(1);
     // ... but not the prompt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Terminal component', () => {
 
   test('Should render terminal lines', () => {
     const { container } = render(
-      <Terminal onInput={ (input: string) => '' }>
+      <Terminal onInput={(input: string) => ''}>
         <TerminalInput>Some terminal input</TerminalInput>,
         <TerminalOutput>Some terminal output</TerminalOutput>
       </Terminal>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe('Terminal component', () => {
 
   test('Input prompt should not scroll into view when component first loads', () => {
     render(
-      <Terminal onInput={ (input: string) => '' }>
+      <Terminal onInput={(input: string) => ''}>
         <TerminalInput>Some terminal input</TerminalInput>,
         <TerminalOutput>Some terminal output</TerminalOutput>
       </Terminal>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe('Terminal component', () => {
 
   test('Should accept input and scroll into view', () => {
     const onInput = jest.fn();
-    const { rerender } = render(<Terminal onInput={ onInput }/>);
+    const { rerender } = render(<Terminal onInput={onInput} />);
     const hiddenInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Terminal Hidden Input');
     fireEvent.change(hiddenInput, { target: { value: 'a' } });
     expect(screen.getByText('a').className).toEqual('react-terminal-line react-terminal-input react-terminal-active-input');
@@ -63,18 +63,18 @@ describe('Terminal component', () => {
     expect(onInput.mock.calls.length).toEqual(0);
     fireEvent.keyDown(hiddenInput, { key: 'Enter', code: 'Enter' });
     expect(onInput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('a');
-    rerender(<Terminal onInput={ onInput }><TerminalInput>a</TerminalInput></Terminal>)
+    rerender(<Terminal onInput={onInput}><TerminalInput>a</TerminalInput></Terminal>)
     jest.runAllTimers();
     expect(scrollIntoViewFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
   test('Should support changing color mode', () => {
-    const { container } = render(<Terminal colorMode={ ColorMode.Light } onInput={ (input: string) => '' }/>);
+    const { container } = render(<Terminal colorMode={ColorMode.Light} onInput={(input: string) => ''} />);
     expect(container.querySelector('.react-terminal-wrapper.react-terminal-light')).not.toBeNull();
   });
 
   test('Should focus if onInput is defined', () => {
-    const { container } = render(<Terminal onInput={ (input: string) => '' }/>)
+    const { container } = render(<Terminal onInput={(input: string) => ''} />)
     expect(container.ownerDocument.activeElement?.nodeName).toEqual('INPUT');
     expect(container.ownerDocument.activeElement?.className).toEqual('terminal-hidden-input');
   });
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe('Terminal component', () => {
   });
 
   test('Should take starting input value', () => {
-    render(<Terminal onInput={ (input: string) => '' } startingInputValue="cat file.txt " />)
+    render(<Terminal onInput={(input: string) => ''} startingInputValue="cat file.txt " />)
     const renderedLine = screen.getByText('cat file.txt');
     expect(renderedLine.className).toContain('react-terminal-line');
   });
@@ -96,7 +96,48 @@ describe('Terminal component', () => {
   });
 
   test('Should not render top button panel if null props passed', () => {
-    const { container } = render(<Terminal TopButtonsPanel={()=> null} />);
+    const { container } = render(<Terminal TopButtonsPanel={() => null} />);
     expect(container.querySelector('.react-terminal-window-buttons')).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  test('renders input as password and handles masked input', () => {
+    const TerminalWrapper = () => {
+      const [lines, setLines] = useState<React.ReactNode[]>([
+        <TerminalOutput key="welcome">Welcome!</TerminalOutput>
+      ]);
+      const [isPasswordMode, setIsPasswordMode] = useState(true);
+
+      return (
+        <Terminal
+          passwordField={isPasswordMode}
+          onInput={(input: string) => {
+            const newLines = [...lines];
+            if (isPasswordMode) {
+              newLines.push(<TerminalInput key="masked">{'*'.repeat(input.length)}</TerminalInput>);
+              newLines.push(<TerminalOutput key="success">Password received</TerminalOutput>);
+              setIsPasswordMode(false);
+            } else {
+              newLines.push(<TerminalInput key={input}>{input}</TerminalInput>);
+            }
+            setLines(newLines);
+          }}
+        >
+          {lines}
+        </Terminal>
+      );
+    };
+
+    render(<TerminalWrapper />);
+
+    const hiddenInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Terminal Hidden Input') as HTMLInputElement;
+
+    expect(hiddenInput.type).toBe('password');
+
+    fireEvent.change(hiddenInput, { target: { value: 'mypassword' } });
+    expect(hiddenInput.value).toBe('mypassword');
+
+    fireEvent.keyDown(hiddenInput, { key: 'Enter', code: 'Enter' });
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('Password received')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 });