L517

Although everything is slowly migrating towards motion interaction with the computer and other devices, requiring less and less effort from users, text remains, and will remain a basic and important part. Words are written every day, and are used even for passwords. In case you need a lot of them cleverly stored in a list, then L517 can help you out.

As soon as the download process is finished, you’re free to run the application, because there’s no installation involved. Apart from the advantage of keeping your PC clean because registries are left intact, this little program can also be kept on an USB Flash drive and used on any other computer.

When it runs, a really compact main window pops up, with a slim toolbar, and several other buttons to toggle case, filter, or append to the existing list. The rest of the space is reserved for all the words you generate. Thus, accommodation is among your last concerns, thanks to the simple, yet intuitive design.

The application works with TXT files. It can be used to load them, while the output lists are also created under the TXT format. You can set the main function to automatically split your list into more files after a specific number of entries, either by choosing from a list of presets, or manually writing down the number of words to count before the split.

Pressing the Generate button doesn’t immediately start the process, because the application is a bit more than meets the eye. Under the previously mentioned menu, you get to select the type of words to create. An impressive amount and variety of string character presets are put at your disposal, with different combinations of numeric, alpha, mixalpha, and special characters.

It’s also possible to manually configure the characters to be used in the building process. Some parameters are required before the start, depending on the type of characters you selected. The process can take a bit of time for complex structures. When finished, all entries are displayed in the main window, and you can clean it up by removing duplicates or custom words, before you save the list to file.

All things considered, we can safely state that L517 is a bit of a surprise. Starting with the rather confusing name, and ending with the abundance of customizable possibilities, this application comes with various utilities. Create passwords using custom characters, words for rhymes, or even time and date entries.