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Generate human-readable passphrases
This is a CLI that uses niceware to generate readable passwords or convert random bytes into a passphrase.
$ npm install -g nicepass
$ nicepass --help
Usage
$ nicepass <number|hex|phrase>
Examples
$ nicepass 8
plummet observed electra dripping
$ nicepass 05bd809ef433872f
annoying malleably vapory mirk
$ nicepass 'wigglier singing bicyclist clasher barrow haltering twirler asap'
fba4cb24113123240d975fcfea1d085d
All credit goes to yan for creating niceware, the API for this module.
MIT © Alex Cross
FAQs
Generate human-readable passphrases
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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