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Hello. As the title says, do you know some Authenticator alternatives? I've found out Aegis and Bitwarden authenticators so far, even if they're not European alternatives, they're still FOSS though.

I'd like to know what your opinion?

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[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago
[–] guest@feddit.org 44 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Aegis is great. It is FOSS, fully offline, supports backup. Moved over from Google Authenticator and never looked back.

[–] FabianRY@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

I also recommend Aegis, I've been using it for years now, also available in F-Droid

[–] K4mpfie@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Yes +1 for Aegis! They have icon packs too to make the entries stand out more.

[–] kepix@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

https://alternativeto.net/software/google-authenticator/

i can recommend aegis just like most people. bitwarden is a really awsome password manager, but you dont want to store the 2fa key there as well.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

+1 for Bitwarden

If you're into self-hosting, you can host the server yourself using Vaultwarden and get all the premium features for free. (make sure you implement a backup solution, ensuring that you don't lose your DB if your server dies is up to you)

[–] ueeu@social.vivaldi.net 8 points 1 week ago
[–] dynamoMaus@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

FreeOTP+ in F-Droid. Very happy with it.

[–] Undertaker@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago

This one. Thanks for mentioning

[–] mfuga@feddit.dk 6 points 1 week ago

I use Ente Auth, open source 2FA authenticator, with E2EE backup (which makes it nicely multi -device useable)

[–] Pilzboy@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

Yubico from Sweden is a great alternative if the physical aspect doesn't bother you.

[–] geography082@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Ente Auth and it's simple and straight. Foss.

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

2FAS Auth works for 2FA

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't get it with these. If it's FOSS why would the country of origin matter? All source is available and anyone can freely fork it? You don't even pay anything in the first place so not like boycotting these types of projects has any effect?

[–] the_wiz@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The thing is... would you trust a software that is developed in russia (without a full code audit)? I think at the moment its the same with anything coming from the US.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you can't audit the code then it's closed source and not FOSS.

[–] the_wiz@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That is not what i meant, what i wanted to say is: "Would you trust software from Russia without having completely audited the code?".

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago

I basically never audit ANY software I use. I trust those in communities I frequent that say they have.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

If people I do trust are saying they have checked the code and it's good, then yeah.

[–] B0rax@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

I used Raivo OTP for a while. It is open source.

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

https://github.com/stratumauth/app

Foss and Amazing.

Nice icons, one touch copy and paste and easy export from Google Auth.

OTP Auth works for me.

[–] Dungrad@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago