diceware

Generate secure passphrases by rolling dice on the terminal, using the EFF's word list..

Demo

Inspiration for the project

Inspiration for this project came from hearing about diceware, which is a way to generate
secure passphrases by rolling dice.

The concept materialized for me when I used this website—d20key, created
by Carey Parker—of Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons fame—et al, to get familiar with dice ware in general.

Matter of fact, this project tries to mimic—as closely as possible—the d20key site's functionality,
albeit using 5-sided dice.

In my day-to-day, I do use a password manager to create these passphrases for me,
but the diceware method is a good way to get passphrases if one does not have a password manager.

How to run the program

1. Clone this repository and cd into it

Run

git clone https://github.com/josfam/diceware.git && cd diceware

2. Create a python virtual environment and install the project dependencies

python3 -m venv venv-diceware \
&& source venv-diceware/bin/activate \
&& pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the program

On linux/Mac (or WSL for Windows)

python3 app.py

On Windows

python app.py