Two Factor Authentication

Two-factor authentication (also known as 2FA) is a type (subset) of multi-factor authentication. It is a method of confirming a user's claimed identity by utilizing a combination of two different factors:

1. something they know,
2. something they have, or
3. something they are.

py2factor app

Two Factor authentication app for desktop (Linux). The app can be used along with other two factor applications like authy ,google authenticator etc. Unlike the mobile two factor authenticators ,this app requires the user to read the QR given for two factor using mobile and pass the data read from that as input to the application

A quick introduction of the minimal setup you need to setup and use py2factor

pip install py2factor

py2factor add [--name "<name>" --key "<key/secret>"][--url <"totpurl">]   #adds a profile given (name and key) or url
py2factor profiles --filter "<prefix>"               #list all profiles 
py2factor list --filter "<prefix>"                   #list all profiles name and totp
py2factor del --name "<name>"                        #deletes a profile if present

Here you should say what actually happens when you execute the code above.

Here's a brief intro about what a developer must do in order to start developing the project further:

Make sure virtual environment is installed

sudo pip install virtualenv

Get the code from github and start hacking

git clone [email protected]:sarathsp06/py2factor.git
cd py2factor
virtualenv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python setup.py install

What's all the bells and whistles this project can perform?

• Manage two factor authenntication details for multiple accounts
• It can generate two factor code for any account offline
• Can add a two factor account using the URL from QR code
• Can add a two factor accoount using just the key
• Can delete and list the account in different formats
• Output can be formatted in different formats so that it can be piped to other applications

If you'd like to contribute, please fork the repository and use a feature branch. Pull requests are warmly welcome.

The code in this project is licensed under MIT license.