Niceware for Python

A Python port of Niceware, for generating random-yet-memorable passwords. Each word provides 16 bits of entropy, so a useful password requires at least 3 words.

Because the wordlist is of exactly size 2^16, Niceware is also useful for converting cryptographic keys and other sequences of random bytes into human-readable phrases. With Niceware, a 128-bit key is equivalent to an 8-word phrase.

• Free software: MIT license
• Documentation: https://python-niceware.readthedocs.io.

Usage

To insall

$ pip install niceware

To generate an 8-byte passphrase

>>> import niceware
>>> niceware.generate_passphrase(8)
['deathtrap', 'stegosaur', 'nilled', 'nonscheduled']

Niceware for Python uses os.urandom for entropy.

Credits

Niceware for Python is a port of Niceware, by yan.

This package was created with Cookiecutter and the audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage project template.