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authenticator-cli
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A commandline Authenticator App (for Authy, Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, TOTP / 2FA / MFA / OTP, etc)
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A commandline Authenticator App (for Authy, Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, Facebook Authenticator, TOTP, etc)
authenticator --generate --issuer "ACME" --account "user@example.com"
Key: ru36 53z3 fmh4 d67u kgeh 7rgj hcbb ypnd
Token: 947464
URL: otpauth://totp/ACME:user@example.com?secret=RU3653Z3FMH4D67UKGEH7RGJHCBBYPND&issuer=ACME&algorithm=SHA1&digits=6&period=30
Install node.js 4.0+:
curl -L bit.ly/iojs-min | bash
Install authenticator:
npm install --global authenticator-cli
authenticator --help
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Usage:
authenticator [OPTIONS]
Options:
--account user@example.com Account Name, typically email address (Default is user@example.com)
--algo SHA1 Algorithm, typically SHA1 (also SHA256, SHA512) (Default is SHA1)
--digits 6 Number of digits, typically 6 (also 8) (Default is 6)
--generate Create a cryptographically-random TOTP key
formatted in base32 with spaces. (Default is true)
--issuer ACME Issuer, typically the company name (Google,
Facebook, Digital Ocean, etc) (Default is ACME)
--key 'xxxx xxxx ...' Supply the base32 key yourself (with or without
delimeters). Takes precedence over --generate
--period 30 Number of seconds between tokens, typically 30 (Default is 30)
--qr Print the QR Code to the Terminal.
--verify '123 456' Verify a token. Must be used with --key.
-h, --help Display help and usage details
FAQs
A commandline Authenticator App (for Authy, Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, TOTP / 2FA / MFA / OTP, etc)
We found that authenticator-cli demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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