Comparison of OTP applications
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The following is a general comparison of OTP applications that are used to generate one-time passwords for two-factor authentication (2FA) systems using the time-based one-time password (TOTP) or the HMAC-based one-time password (HOTP) algorithms.
Authenticated implementations
[edit]Implementation | Description | Online sync. | Operating system / Platform | Non-default | ||||||||||
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Windows | Mac | Linux | iOS | Android | J2ME | Other | Value length, d | Hash, H | Interval, TX | Epoch, T0 | Steam | |||
Aegis Authenticator | Free and open source app for Android to manage your 2-step verification tokens.[1] | Automatic backup to a location of your choosing | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Apple Keychain | Native password manager on Apple devices. Not on tvOS.[2] | Yes [3] | Yes [4] | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Apple Vision Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
"Authenticator" | GNOME circle application. Free and Open Source, community-provided, but not shipped as part of GNOME's Core apps. | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Any desktop or mobile platform where GNOME can run | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
Bitwarden | Open Source Cross platform password manager. 2FA is a premium feature.[5] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes[6] |
Bitwarden Authenticator | Free and open source app for Android and iOS to manage your 2-step verification tokens.[7] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Ente Auth | Free, open source, cross-platform authenticatior with encrypted cloud sync.[8] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Web | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [9] |
SAASPASS Authenticator [10] | Cross-platform 2FA Authenticator with TOTP & HOTP generator with sharing capabilities and password manager integration. Multiple device support, Mobile app and web access with multiple backup capabilities. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Google Authenticator | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Yandex Key[11] | Simple app for phones from Russian company | Yes, manually, for 1 year | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
IBM Security Verify | Unknown | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | |
Microsoft Authenticator | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
1Password | Cross-platform password manager[12] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Authy | By Twilio, from 2015, originally Authy.[13] Previously available for Chrome.[14] | Yes | Discontinued March 19, 2024[15] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
Enpass[16] | Password manager by Sinew Software Systems. Syncs over multiple back-ends. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Unknown | No |
FreeOTP[17] | Maintained by RedHat, and based on Google Authenticator. | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
oathtool [18]
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Command-line tool for generating OTP tokens. | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | FreeBSD[19], NetBSD[20], OpenBSD[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
privacyIDEA Authenticator[22] | For use with privacyIDEA Authentication Server, with a secure enrollment process. | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown |
andOTP[23] (unmaintained)[24] | Open-source app for Android 4.4+. Compatible with Google Authenticator. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Invantive Authenticator[25] | Focuses on integration with Invantive Keychain. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
LastPass Authenticator[26] | Cross-platform OTP for mobile devices with support for online backup. | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Symantec VIP | Unknown | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
TOTP.APP[27] | Web-based authenticator not requiring registration. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Yubico Authenticator for Desktop[28] | By Yubico, for use with Yubikeys. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Yubico Authenticator for Mobile | — | — | — | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
KeePassXC[29] | Password manager | Through user setup with Syncthing,[30] or only within the KeeWeb[31] online web App[32] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | KeePassDX[33] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
2FAS[34] | Popular, feature rich open-source two-factor authenticator. No account required. | Online backup/sync via iCloud or Google Drive | Through browser extension connected to mobile app | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
2fast[35] | Open-source two-factor authenticator. No account required. Available in Windows App Store. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
2FAuth[36] | An open-source PHP web based self-hosted OTP generator, designed for both mobile and desktop. | Yes, web based | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
totp-cli[37] | Popular, feature rich open-source two-factor authenticator. No account required. | Manually | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Open Authenticator[38] | Free, open-source and multiplatform app to manage your TOTPs. | Yes, requires a subscription for more than 6 TOTPs | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
TOTP ME[39] | Free, open-source J2ME MIDlet app to manage your TOTPs. | Manually | Using MicroEmulator app[40] | Unknown | Using J2ME Loader app[41] | Yes | Any with J2ME support or emulator | Yes | Yes | Yes | Time correction in seconds | No | ||
Hotpants[42] | Free, open-source J2ME MIDlet app to manage your TOTPs and HOTPs. | Import via scanning QR code on screen | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No |
Tessera[43] | Free, open-source Qt for Symbian and desktop app to manage your TOTPs. | Unknown | Initial support for desktop | No | Could be ported | No | Symbian S60 5th Edition | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
GAuth Authenticator[44] | A simple application for multi-factor authentication, written in HTML using jQuery Mobile (and PhoneGap), jsSHA and LocalStorage. | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Authenticator App
by 2Stable[45] |
Secure two-factor authentication app for iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch and Mac. | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No |
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Ente Auth - Open source 2FA authenticator, with E2EE backups". Ente. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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- ^ "2fast Authenticator App (2fast)". 2fast-team. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "GitHub - Bubka/2FAuth: A Web app to manage your Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) accounts and generate their security codes". GitHub. Bubka. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "Authy/Google Authenticator like TOTP CLI tool written in Go". GitHub. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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