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Authenticator
Simple application that generates a two-factor authentication code, created for GNOME.
Features:
- QR code scanner
- Beautiful UI
- Huge database of more than 560 supported services
- Keep your PIN tokens secure by locking the application with a password
- Automatically fetch an image for services using their favicon
- The possibility to add new services
- Dark theme and night light
Scale to fit:
Phone Compatibility:
5/5, fully optimized
How to install:
APT:
sudo apt update sudo apt install gnome-authenticator
Please note that the Debian version is very old, and does not work with HOTP with counters
Flatpak:
Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.bilelmoussaoui.Authenticator
Command:
# You will need to trust and add the flathub repo to flatpak first flatpak install flathub com.github.bilelmoussaoui.Authenticator
Known Issues:
Using the Authenticator on flatpak will error out with an error:
mobian@mobian:~$ flatpak run com.belmoussaoui.Authenticator thread 'main' panicked at 'Authenticator couldn't reach a secret service provider or unlock it: Zbus(MethodError("org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs", Some("Invalid properties"), Msg { type: Error, sender: ":1.11", reply-serial: 4, body: Signature: [ s (115), ] }))', src/application.rs:290:14 note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
This is due to the way the Gnome Keyring works - will presumably be fixed in the future. On a default Mobian setup, there is no keyring for Authenticator to access. As a workaround you can install Seahorse (Gnome Keyring UI)
sudo apt install seahorse
and create a new keyring named login. After that, Fractal will remember your login credentials.