A computer-based approach to the classification of nilpotent Lie algebras

We adopt the $p$-group generation algorithm to classify small-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras over small fields. Using an implementation of this algorithm, we list the nilpotent Lie algebras of dimension at most~9 over $\F_2$ and those of dimension at most~7 over $\F_3$ and $\F_5$.