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Generate human-readable passphrases
Uses niceware underneath to generate or convert random bytes into passphrases.
$ npm install -g nicepass
$ nicepass --help
Usage
$ nicepass <size> [...]
Options
--passphrase Convert a phrase back into the original byte array
--pretty Output the result as a string
Examples
$ nicepass
[ 'plummet', 'observed', 'electra', 'dripping' ]
$ nicepass --passphrase='selfheal katzenjammer ambidexterity correcter puffer discern'
<Buffer c5 a5 75 a0 03 fd 2b ea ac bc 3a 65>
MIT © Alex Cross
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Generate human-readable passphrases
The npm package nicepass receives a total of 9 weekly downloads. As such, nicepass popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that nicepass demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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