Generator

Interactive CLI generator of passphrases, password or PIN.

Install

Install the CLI globally via npm:

npm install -g @azzarox/passgen

This will make passgen command available anywhere in your terminal.

Quick Start (Local/Development)

Clone the repository and use npm link to test locally:

git clone <repo>
cd passgen
npm install
npm run build
npm link

This will create a symlink so you can run passgen from your local build without publishing to npm.

Usage

$ passgen
$ passgen --help

| Key | Action | | ---------- | ----------------- | | r | Regenerate | | c | Copy to clipboard | | m | Change mode | | q / Ctrl+C | Exit |

Passphrase mode

| Key | Action | | ------------- | ----------------------------------- | | ↑ / ↓ | Change word count (3–9) | | s | Cycle separator (- . _ ! ? space) | | Shift + C | Toggle capitalization | | Shift + N | Toggle numbers |

Password mode

| Key | Action | | ------------- | ------------------------------ | | ↑ / ↓ | Change password length (12-32) | | Shift + S | Toggle symbols | | Shift + N | Toggle numbers |

PIN mode

| Key | Action | | ----- | ------------------------ | | ↑ / ↓ | Change PIN length (6-10) |

Wordlist

Uses the EFF large wordlist for generating secure, memorable passphrases.

curl https://www.eff.org/files/2016/07/18/eff_large_wordlist.txt -o source/data/wordlist.txt

Development

npm run dev      # Watch mode
npm run build    # Build
npm link         # Link globally after build