passgen/README.md

# passgen
passgen generates passphrases based on wordlists.
Usage:
```
Usage: passgen [options]

Options:
  -h, --help              Display this help message and exit
  -s, --short             Use the short EFF wordlist (dfault)
  -l, --large             Use the large EFF wordlist
  --camelcase, -cc        Generate passphrase in CamelCase format			
  -wl <path>, --wordlist <path>
                          Use a custom wordlist file located at <path>
  -n <count>, -wc <count>, --wordcount <count>
                          Amount of words to use for passphrase, default = 5
  --separator <seperator> Specify a character to use as a separator between words, default = `-`

Description:
  Generate passphrases based on wordlists.

Examples:
  passgen -h
  passgen --short 4
  passgen -wl /path/to/custom_wordlist.txt --wordcount 4
```

example output:
```
retrace-choice-litter-dreamt-zipping
```

This project uses the [EFF's Wordlists for Random Passphrases](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases) and [PCG random](https://www.pcg-random.org/) to pick random words

Compiling:   
Compile for Linux:
```
mkdir build-linux && cd build-linux && cmake .. && make
```

Compile for Windows:
```
mkdir build-windows && cd build-windows && cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../mingw-toolchain.cmake .. && make
```

Wordlists are embedded using the following command:   
```
xxd -i <path> > include/<path>.txt.hpp
```

Wordlists:
- https://www.eff.org/files/2016/07/18/eff_large_wordlist.txt
- https://www.eff.org/files/2016/09/08/eff_short_wordlist_1.txt
- https://mko.re/diceware/diceware-wordlist-8k-composites-nl.txt