/Authenticator

2FA code generator for GNOME

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Authenticator

Two-factor authentication code generator for GNOME. Created with love using Python and Gtk.

Screenshots

Features

  • QR code scanner
  • Beautiful UI
  • Huge database of (290+) websites/applications

Installation

Flatpak

You can install the flatpak package of the application from flathub using

flatpak install flathub com.github.bilelmoussaoui.Authenticator

Building from source code

Dependecies

  • Python 3.3+
  • Gtk 3.16+
  • meson 0.38+
  • ninja
  • pyotp
  • Pillow
  • pyzbar depends on zbar
    • libzbar-dev on Ubuntu
    • zbar on Arch
  • libsecret

1 - Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/bilelmoussaoui/Authenticator && cd ./Authenticator

2 - Install Python dependecies

sudo pip install pyotp pyzbar Pillow meson ninja

PS : In some distributions you will need to use pip3 instead of pip to install the compatible version of the package with Python 3.

3 - Afterwards

meson builddir
sudo ninja -C builddir install

4 - You can run the application from the desktop file or from terminal using

authenticator

Flags

  • --debug Open the application with debug flags

  • --version Shows the version number of the application

  • --about Shows the about dialog

Credits

  • Applications/Websites database are from twofactorauth, by 2factorauth team