Not to pour cold water on the name but there's a fairly well-known 2FA app with the same name.
https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis
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Aegis
A free, secure and open source app for Android to manage your 2-step verification tokens.
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What it is
A free, secure and open source app for Android to manage your 2-step verification tokens.
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Where it is used
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What people are saying
if you are on Android, I highly recommend Aegis https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis its open source, supports import of keys as well as export with a very active dev.
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From the project README
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Read the project’s introduction
Aegis Authenticator
Aegis Authenticator is a free, secure and open source 2FA app for Android.
It aims to provide a secure authenticator for your online services, while also
including some features missing in existing authenticator apps, like proper
encryption and backups. Aegis supports HOTP and TOTP, making it compatible with
thousands of services.
For a list of frequently asked questions, please check out the FAQ.
The security design of the app and the vault format is described in detail in
this document.
Features
Free and open source
Secure
The vault is encrypted (AES-256-GCM), and can be unlocked with:
Password (scrypt)
Biometrics (Android Keystore)
Screen capture prevention
Tap to reveal
Compatible with Google Authenticator
Supports industry standard algorithms:
HOTP and
TOTP
Lots of ways to add new entries
Scan a QR code or an image of one
Enter details manually
Import from other authenticator apps: 2FAS Authenticator, Authenticator
Plus, Authy, andOTP, FreeOTP, FreeOTP+, Google Authenticator, Microsoft
Authenticator, Plain text, Steam, TOTP Authenticator and WinAuth (root
access is required for some of these)
Organization
Alphabetic/custom sorting
Custom or automatically generated icons
Group entries together
Advanced entry editing
Search by name/issuer
Material design with multiple themes: Light, Dark, AMOLED
Export (plaintext or encrypted)
Automatic backups of the vault to a location of your choosing
Screenshots
Downloads
Aegis is available on the Google Play Store and on F-Droid.
Verification
APK releases on Google Play and GitHub are signed using the same key. They can
be verified using
apksigner:
apksigner verify --print-certs --verbose aegis.apk
The output should look like:
Verifies
Verified using v1 scheme (JAR signing): true
Verified using v2 scheme (APK Signature Scheme v2): true
The certificate fingerprints should correspond to the ones listed below:
Owner: CN=Beem Development
Issuer: CN=Beem Development
Serial number: 172380c
Valid from: Sat Feb 09 14:05:49 CET 2019 until: Wed Feb 03 14:05:49 CET 2044
Certificate fingerprints:
MD5: AA:EE:86:DB:C7:B8:88:9F:1F:C9:D0:7A:EC:37:36:32
SHA1: 59:FB:63:B7:1F:CE:95:74:6C:EB:1E:1A:CB:2C:2E:45:E5:FF:13:50
SHA256: C6:DB:80:A8:E1:4E:52:30:C1:DE:84:15:EF:82:0D:13:DC:90:1D:8F:E3:3C:F3:AC:B5:7B:68:62:D8:58:A8:23
Icon packs
Aegis supports icon packs to make it easier to assign icons to the entries in
your vault. There are no official icon packs, but the community maintains a
number of third-party icon packs you may want to check out. To learn how to
create your own Aegis-compatible icon pack, see the
documentation.
aegis-icons
Unofficial monochrome-styled 2FA icons.
delta-aegis-icons
Delta version of the unofficial monochrome-styled 2FA icon pack aegis-icons.
aegis-simple-icons *
This project periodically generates an icon pack for Aegis based on Simple
Icons.
aegis-simple-icons-outlined *
This is a variant on the aegis-simple-icons pack where the icons contain no solid background and just the outlines are being used.
* The icons are automatically generated, so
not all of them are as high quality as the ones you'll find in
aegis-icons.
Contributing
Looking to contribute to Aegis? That's great! There are a couple of ways to help
out. Translations, bug reports and pull requests are all greatly appreciated.
Please refer to our contributing guidelines to get started.
Swing by our Matrix room to interact with other contributors:
#aegis:matrix.org.
License
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See the
LICENSE file for details.
A couple of libraries vendored in Aegis' repository are licensed under a
different license:
TextDrawable
TrustedIntents
Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
47 sourcesAegis (local) https://github.com/beemdevelopment/aegis
Bitwarden Authenticator (local) https://bitwarden.com/products/authenticator/
Ente (encrypted cloud backup) https://ente.com/auth/
In GitHub now requiring 2FA for all contributors,what authenticator apps you using?Some other FOSS apps I use daily:
Aegis - 2FA (https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis)
Breezy Weather - A very good looking weather app (https://github.com/breezy-weather/breezy-weather)
OnlyOffice Documents - MS Office suite replacement (https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/documents-app-android)
Fossify Calendar (https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Calendar)
Fossify Messages (https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Messages)
Aves - Local gallery with great organization (https://github.com/deckerst/aves)
Termux - Terminal emulator (https://github.com/termux/termux-app/)
Unexpected Keyboard - A unique keyboard that pairs nicely with Termux (https://github.com/Julow/Unexpected-Keyboard)
WG Tunnel - WireGuard client (https://github.com/wgtunnel/wgtunnel)
These are all easily installed through Obtainium: https://obtainium.imranr.dev/
In GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Applehttps://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis/blob/v3.4.1/app/src...
> // NOTE: this assumes that a global root shell has already been obtained by the caller
:-/
My recollection when I last tried this stunt is that it's a boatload of nonsense to try and exfiltrate the Steam credential material, and I wasn't able to find any supporting docs in the Aegis nor on their site about any alternative they have to "root your phone and sniff the keys out of the sibling app"
In De-Googling TOTP Authenticator CodesOr one could run into some edge case, e.g. when Steam asks for different code when trying to change Steam password - https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis/issues/1613 .
In De-Googling TOTP Authenticator CodesI'd probably use Aegis on android https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis?tab=readme-ov-file#... it's a bit more modern.
In De-Googling TOTP Authenticator CodesReplied to another comment with the same recommendation before seeing this, here's the URL for those interested:
https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis
In De-Googling TOTP Authenticator CodesI would recommend Aegis Authenticator [1] - available in the Play store or F-Droid. It's been featured on HN now and again. One thing it can do is import the data of all the other OTP apps, and create backup files (the seeds) which you can do whatever you want with.
[1] https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis
In De-Googling TOTP Authenticator CodesIf you need a similar FOSS 2GA App for Android, I've been very happy with Aegis:
https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis
In Proton's New Two-Factor Authenticator AppI have been using Aegis [1], a FOSS (GPLv3) TOTP authenticator app, for the past years.
It supports:
- Local encrypted backups. You can sync these to where ever you like on your own terms. I automated uploading mine to my local NextCloud instance.
- Importing from other authenticator apps, so you can easily migrate.
- Exporting entries so that you are not vendor locked (cough cough Authy).
- Customization.
- No mandatory cloud bs, LLM integration, tracking, ...
[1] https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis
In Bitwarden AuthenticatorAegis [1] is a FOSS TOTP app that supports local encrypted backups and has an export functionality.
[1] https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis
In Bitwarden AuthenticatorAegis [1] seems to be a great alternative, at least on Android. Besides a search bar, it allows you to backup or export all your entries in an ecrypted vault. You can also include them in the Android cloud backups.
[1] https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis
In Flaw has Microsoft Authenticator overwriting MFA accounts, locking users outNot OP, but I use Aegis [1] for 2FA which can create encrypted backups. They're synced automatically to my NextCloud instance with the NextCloud app.
[1] https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis
In Australian man says border force made him hand over phone passcodeIt's an open source authenticator app. It's great.
https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39808921
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33438540
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25803996
In Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024Aegis v3.0 – a free, secure and open source 2FA app for Android
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