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title: Reference overview
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## Man pages
* [`derivepassphrase(1)`][top_man]: Derive a strong passphrase, deterministically, from a master secret.
* [`derivepassphrase-vault(1)`][top_man]: Derive a passphrase using the vault(1) derivation scheme.
* [`derivepassphrase-export(1)`][export_man]: Export a foreign configuration to standard output.
* [`derivepassphrase-export-vault(1)`][export_man]: Export a vault-native configuration to standard output.
## Modules and packages
* `derivepassphrase`: Work-alike for vault(1) – deterministic, stateless password manager.
* [`derivepassphrase.cli`][]: Command-line interface for `derivepassphrase`.
* [`derivepassphrase.exporter`][]: Exporter for other passphrase generator configurations.
* [`derivepassphrase.exporter.storeroom`][]: Exporter for the vault "storeroom" configuration format.
* [`derivepassphrase.exporter.vault_native`][]: Exporter for the vault native configuration formats (v0.2 and v0.3).
* [`derivepassphrase.sequin`][]: Python port of Sequin, a pseudorandom number generator.
* [`derivepassphrase.ssh_agent`][]: A bare-bones SSH agent client supporting signing and key listing.
* [`derivepassphrase._types`][]: Types used by `derivepassphrase`.
* [`derivepassphrase.vault`][]: Python port of the vault(1) password generation scheme.
[top_man]: derivepassphrase.1.md
[vault_man]: derivepassphrase-vault.1.md
[export_man]: derivepassphrase-export.1.md
[export_vault_man]: derivepassphrase-export-vault.1.md
