two-factor-auth VS pyotp

Compare two-factor-auth vs pyotp and see what are their differences.

two-factor-auth

Two Factor Authentication Java code implementing the Time-based One-time Password Algorithm (by j256)
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two-factor-auth pyotp
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298 2,831
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0.0 4.2
over 1 year ago about 1 month ago
Java Python
ISC License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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two-factor-auth

Posts with mentions or reviews of two-factor-auth. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-27.
  • How does Google Authenticator work?
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Aug 2021
    It's really easy to integrate into websites as well. I did so a few years ago. The TOTP algorithm is just a few lines of code. I adapted this implementation https://github.com/j256/two-factor-auth at the time. There are similar libraries available for lots of languages.

    You need a library like that and a way to convert an otp:// url into a QR code, for which there are many libaries as well. The rest is just implementing a sane UX around this. Storing the user's TOTP secret server side is a bit tricky. I suspect a plain text field in a database is quite common for this; which of course would be disastrous if that database were ever stolen. Secret stores don't scale for this as they tend to be designed for just a handful of secrets. We ended up encrypting these totp secrets using a key from our secret store.

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 two-factor-auth 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.

google-authenticator - Open source version of Google Authenticator (except the Android app)

pass-otp - A pass extension for managing one-time-password (OTP) tokens

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

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

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

aws-mfa - Manage AWS MFA Security Credentials

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

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

strongbox - A secret manager for AWS

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