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If proprietary app is better and more robust I am willing to try it and assess it myself.

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[–] larmicon@feddit.de 52 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Aegis authenticator. Beats all proprietary apps I've tried so far

[–] pacjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm leaving links here in case anyone needs them

It supports importing data from various 2FA apps and even allows you to generate Steamguard codes.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Steamguard? Since when? That's awesome!

[–] pacjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I honestly don't know. I set it up with steamguard-cli few months ago and it's working like a charm.

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[–] cynber@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, it works perfectly

Bitwarden has it too, but eggs in one basket etc.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Also, for bitwarden it's either a paid feature or you have to self host it

[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you!

I'd been a happy user of andOTP for many years, unaware until now that it had been abandoned and that I therefore needed ro replace it. I looked through the recommendations posted here and came to the conclusion that Aegis indeed was the best recommendation.

Migrating from andOTP to Aegis by exporting an encrypted backup file from andOTP to the local filesystem and importing it in Aegis worked flawlessly.

One thing that I really liked in andOTP that Aegis doesn't have was the PGP export, it was just very nice to get encrypted backup files that I could decrypt directly using standard software that I already have and know how to use, entirely independent from any particular app. Aegis instead provides the decrypt.py script to decode and decrypt its own encrypted backup file format and while I've tested and verified that this works fine, simply using standard PGP was nicer.

But that's a minor detail. All in all, Aegis seems to do everything I need, and does it well.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

One of those apps that just does its job, does it well and I never have to worry about it

[–] DingDongBell@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago
[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd suggest the following

The really important step is to make sure to export and backup your 2FA codes in a safe place.

You don't want to be left in the mud because you lost or wiped your phone that contains the only method to get into your important accounts.

[–] GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Bitwarden and it's fully cross-platform. I like that it auto copies the 2FA pin to clipboard after filling in login - cuts out extra clicks and copy movements.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Vaultwarden is also a great and simple to self-host backend written in Go that runs in Docker.

[–] boerbiet@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

And very easy to set up and run without docker! For, you know, us folks with a BSD server 🙂

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] gressen@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Authenticator key (TOTP) storage is available to all accounts. TOTP code generation requires premium or membership to a paid organization (families, teams, or enterprise)."

[–] CrescentMadeJr@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s $10/y and a steal for that excellent software. I pay it and self host it just to support them.

[–] blkpws@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)
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[–] Lobo6780@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago
[–] sixty@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago
[–] wegettosss@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yes! I moved from aegis to it and it is much better imo.

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[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I love that you can back it up with a file... thatway i can put it somewhere safe and can recover my logins after my phone breaks

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[–] anteaters@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Aegis on mobile and keepassxc on desktop.

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[–] agitated_judge@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FreeOTP+ from fdroid is what I'm using.

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[–] gianni@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Aegis is my favorite.

[–] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago
[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

aegis is great, but 2fas has Google Drive sync and a browser extension.
lack of sync is a dealbreaker for me.

[–] Clubbing4198@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Aegis, FreeOTP

[–] choco@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

For me FreeOTP+ on fdroid is all I need. Its simple and just works.

[–] Supercharger@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does anyone have any suggestion for iOS? Raivo seems to fallen from grace recently.

[–] CrescentMadeJr@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Bitwarden. Works with autofill too.

[–] ScoobyDoo27@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

What’s wrong with Raivo?

[–] iconic_admin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Aegis seems to be the winner in this thread. Does anyone have experience with Tofu Authenticator for iOS?

[–] barryamelton@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I recommend one of the FOSS apps in fdroid for this, don't use a proprietary one from Google Play (like the Google Authenticator).

[–] tajnymag@czech-lemmy.eu 1 points 1 year ago

The official GitHub app. Yes, it's not universal for other sites, but you get 2FA and a much more pleasant browsing experience.

For a universal solution, give Aegis a try.

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