Diceware

Diceware is a modern, Electron-based application that allows you to create random and secure word lists for password security.

Its name is the same as the method it employs. For those of you who don’t know, diceware is a method for creating cryptographic variables such as passkeys, passwords, and passphrases using typical dices as a sort of hardware random number generator.

Typically, for each word in the passphrase, five rolls of the dice are required. Of course, for greater security, you can use more than five dices.

With that out of the way, let’s talk a bit about the app itself. For starters, it’s worth noting that, by default, the app allows you to create passwords using five, six, seven, or eight words. The beauty of this app is that you can you can create passwords using any number of words. You can add or remove words using the plus and minus button located in the middle of the app’s main window.

Once you are happy with the resulting passphrase, you can copy the passphrase to your computer’s clipboard by simply clicking the “Copy Passphrase” button. You can take advantage of everything this app has to offer by installing it on your computer, or by directly using the web app.

If do decide to install it on your computer, you should know that this is by no means a lightweight app. It doesn’t use a lot of resources, but it’s a on the bulky side of things (approximately 300 MB when installed on your system).

Taking everything into account, Diceware is a useful application that should appeal to users who want to easily create passphrases and passwords with its virtual dice number generator.