Diceware

Generate Diceware passphrases using EFF's wordlists.

Overview

This tool generates three random Diceware passphrases per run:

1. Six words from EFF's long word list (77 bits of entropy, ~10²³ combinations)
2. Seven words from EFF's short word list (72 bits of entropy, ~10²¹ combinations)
3. Seven words from EFF's short word list (with unique three-character prefixes) (72 bits of entropy, ~10²¹ combinations)

INSTALL diceware FROM .whl package

pipx install path\diceware-version-py3-none-any.whl

For example:

pipx install path\diceware-1.0.1-py3-none-any.whl

INSTALL diceware FROM .tar.gz package

Alternatively, install diceware from a .tar.gz package file:

pipx install path\diceware-version.tar.gz

For example:

pipx install path\diceware-1.0.1-.tar.gz

Usage

After installation, run the following command to generate passphrases:

diceware

Requirements

• Python 3.12 or newer

Project Structure

• src/diceware/diceware.py: Main implementation and wordlists
• src/diceware/__init__.py: Package metadata

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for details.

See Also

• Wikipedia: Diceware
• EFF: New Wordlists for Random Passphrases

Author

Keith Gorlen (kgorlen@gmail.com)