Generate Passwords

A Python 3+, stdlib only, secure (via use of the secrets module for randomness) dicewords phrase or password generator.

Diceword Phrase

The word list for diceword phrases comes from the EFF.

To generate a diceword phrase, run: ./generate.py dicewords

• The default number of words in a phrase is 7, but any number (>=1) can be set with the --words (-w) flag
• The default separator between words is " " (a space), but any separator can be set with the --separator (-s) flag

Password

To generate a password, run: ./generate.py password

• The default length of the password is 32, but any length (>=1) can be set with the --length (-l) flag
• The default character set for passwords is all (ASCII printable) letters (upper and lower cases), numbers, and special characters (punctuation)
  • Lower case letters can be excluded from the generated password with the --no-lowercase flag
  • Upper case letters can be excluded from the generated password with the --no-uppercase flag
  • Numbers can be excluded from the generated password with the --no-numbers flag
  • Special characters can be excluded from the generated password with the --no-special flag

NOTE: Generated passwords are guarantueed to have at least one of each enabled character class in the final password.