# Creating a Wallet

Users should do their due diligence and research before deciding how to interact with Arweave.

Users can create Arweave and AO wallets without requiring any technical knowledge by using wallets like Wanderopen in new window or Beaconopen in new window.

Arweave wallets can also be generated programatically, using libraries such as arweave-js or CLI tools such as ardrive-cli.

# Creating a wallet with arweave-js

npm install arweave

arweave.wallets.generate().then((key) => {
    console.log(key);
    // {
    //     "kty": "RSA",
    //     "n": "3WquzP5IVTIsv3XYJjfw5L-t4X34WoWHwOuxb9V8w...",
    //     "e": ...
});

# Creating a wallet from the command line

If you would prefer to create an Arweave wallet through a command-line application, you can use the ArDrive CLIopen in new window.

npm install -g ardrive-cli

You can generate a seed phrase with the command generate-seedphrase:

# Generate seed-phrase
ardrive generate-seedphrase
"this is an example twelve word seed phrase that you could use"

Or, you can generate a wallet file using generate-wallet:

# Generate a wallet and store it in a chosen output file
ardrive generate-wallet > /path/to/wallet/file.json