TUI Guide

The TUI is the phase-1 replacement for the old browser wizard. It keeps the same three-step flow:

  1. Configure

  2. Generate & Audit

  3. Results

Configure

The left column exposes the generation inputs:

  • password length

  • password count

  • audit batch size

  • lowercase / uppercase / digits / symbols toggles

  • extended printable ASCII toggle

  • ambiguous-character exclusion

  • compliance framework selection

  • minimum lowercase / uppercase / digit / symbol requirements

  • custom charset override

The right column shows the current validation state, effective charset size, and framework constraints.

Render Capture

The TUI keeps the same branded three-step flow, but it now runs entirely on the native Rust core. A typical configure screen looks like this:

paranoid-passwd · Configure
Tune the same flow the old web wizard exposed.

Wizard                                  Audit Preview
› Password length: 32                  Branding  deep navy + emerald, monospace-heavy, fail-closed.
  Number of passwords: 1
  Audit batch size: 500                Effective charset: 72 characters
  Lowercase [a-z]: ON                  Manual requirements: 4 total constrained characters
  Uppercase [A-Z]: ON                  Frameworks: nist, pci_dss
  Digits [0-9]: ON
  Symbols: ON                          Ready: 72 chars, 1 passwords, 197.18 bits of entropy...
  ...                                  Controls: Up/Down move, Left/Right adjust, Enter run

The results screen keeps the generator-wide audit separate from per-password verdicts:

paranoid-passwd · Results
Native generation complete. Review the verdict and derived details.

Primary Password
••••••••••••••••••••••••q7$A
SHA-256: <hex>
Additional passwords: 2
Verdict: PASS

Controls

  • ↑ / ↓: move between fields

  • ← / →: adjust values

  • Space: toggle the current boolean or framework

  • Enter: edit the custom charset or start the audit

  • q: quit

On the results screen:

  • ← / →: switch detail tabs

  • c: copy the generated password to the system clipboard

  • r: return to configuration

  • q: quit

Audit Model

The audit still runs seven layers:

  1. password generation

  2. chi-squared uniformity

  3. serial correlation

  4. collision detection

  5. entropy and uniqueness proofs

  6. pattern detection

  7. threat assessment / compliance roll-up

The TUI shows stage progression in real time while the background worker runs the native Rust core.

One important change from the old implementation: the results view now keeps per-password checks and generator-wide statistical checks visibly separate. A password can fail its selected framework or pattern review even when the generator-wide batch statistics pass.