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FOSS-alt to Authy? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
 

I currently use Authy on my android and my Linux system.

It syncs every new authenticator between my devices but I dont want to trust companies with my security anymore.

I host a nextcloud instance on my homelab. Does anyone know a good FOSS authenticator that can use my nextcloud to sync between Linux and android? Provided that it is available on both of course.

Thanks for any input!

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[–] neeeeDanke@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

KeepassXC supports 2fa natively and in Keepass2 there is an addon available. I have a .kdbx I sync with nextcloud to my pcs and access it via WebDav on Keepass2Android. It works great (when nextcloud sync works, recently had an issue with "invalid modification date"s on my pc).

[–] nils@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I personally use Bitwarden for my 2FA needs. As others mentioned you can self host the server but personally I have no reason not to trust their SaaS solution, especially now that they offer EU hosted servers. If all you want is a basic authenticator app that does only one thing give FreeOTP a try, it's made my RedHat. You can then sync the applications state.

[–] Cralder@feddit.nu 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I use bitwarden for 2FA as well. The only issue I have is that I need another solution as well since I also have 2FA activated on my bitwarden account. You can't have bitwarden 2FA saved on bitwarden. (Well you can but that's obviously a bad Idea)

[–] nils@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

That is true. But that'd be the case for any online/cloud 2FA service. So you could either have a local 2FA app just for Bitwarden or set up less secure but more convenient email 2FA.