CybarPass

Minimalistic Passphrase Generation script with GUI

Dependencies

• Python >= 3.9
• tkinter module

PS: Also requires a word list file where each word is on a new line. You can supply your own, or, on MacOS and Linux, use /usr/share/dict/words.

Installation

1. Open terminal and run python3 -m pip install cybarpass
2. Set a shell alias: alias cybarpass="python3 -m cybarpass"
3. Run according to the instructions below

Usage

1. CLI mode: run cybarpass with optional parameter -n
2. GUI mode: run cybarpass -g

Help Screen

output of cybarpass -h

usage: cybarpass [-h] [-n NUM] [-g] [WORD_LIST]

Generate a secure passphrase

positional arguments:
  WORD_LIST          Path to dictionary file

options:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  -n NUM, --len NUM  Minimum length of passphrase
  -g, --gui          Run the program in GUI mode

NOTE: -n | --len has no effect in GUI mode

Example Runs

$ cybarpass -h

$ cybarpass

$ cybarpass -g

$ cybarpass -g /usr/share/dict/words

$ cybarpass /usr/share/dict/words

$ cybarpass /usr/share/dict/words -n 512

Resources

• Developing a Full Tkinter Object-Oriented Application on pythontutorial.net
• Tkinter Grid on pythontutorial.net
• Tkinter Open File Dialog on pythontutorial.net
• Tkinter – Read only Entry Widget on GeeksforGeeks
• tkinter — Python interface to Tcl/Tk on docs.python.org
• Packaging Python Projects on packaging.python.org
• The .pypirc file on packaging.python.org
• How to Create and Upload Your First Python Package to PyPI on freecodecamp.org