google-authenticator VS pyotp

Compare google-authenticator vs pyotp and see what are their differences.

google-authenticator

Open source version of Google Authenticator (except the Android app) (by google)
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google-authenticator pyotp
24 18
4,501 2,826
- 1.5%
0.8 4.2
over 3 years ago 29 days ago
Java Python
Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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google-authenticator

Posts with mentions or reviews of google-authenticator. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-16.

pyotp

Posts with mentions or reviews of pyotp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-02.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing google-authenticator and pyotp you can also consider the following projects:

Aegis - A free, secure and open source app for Android to manage your 2-step verification tokens.

authelia - The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps

keepassxc - KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “Keepass Password Safe”.

privacyIDEA - :closed_lock_with_key: multi factor authentication system (2FA, MFA, OTP Server)

ios-application - A native, lightweight and secure one-time-password (OTP) client built for iOS; Raivo OTP!

aws-mfa - Manage AWS MFA Security Credentials

andOTP - [Unmaintained] Open source two-factor authentication for Android

two-factor-auth - Two Factor Authentication Java code implementing the Time-based One-time Password Algorithm

totp-cli - A cli-based pass-backed TOTP app.

otp-codegen - Takes your OTP secret in and spits out the 6 digit OTP code

python-bna - Python implementation of the mobile Blizzard Authenticator (TOTP)