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2FAuth is a self-hosted solution which is legitimately better than every alternative
30 Junio 2024 at 08:15
2FAuth is a self hosted web application for your two factor authentication codes. It's easy to use and setup. But more importantly, it's one of the few instances where the self hosted solution is way better than every alternative on offer.
Comparison with alternatives
Authy
| 2FAuth | Authy |
|---|---|
| Private | Questionable practices |
| Little risk of being hacked if you're accessing it through tunneling tools like Tailscale, and not opening it to the internet | Authy has been hacked multiple times in the past |
| No question of syncing/data waiting to be synced | Data is synced to their servers (encrypted) |
| No nasty user-hostile Twitch-Authy tie ups | All kinds of nonsense |
| Open source | Closed source, with history of being hacked |
| Available anywhere you have access to a web browser | No desktop app |
2FAS
| 2FAuth | 2FAS |
|---|---|
| Available anywhere you have access to a web browser | Access to mobile app is a must even for use on the desktop (desktop browser extension can't work without mobile app) |
| Very easy to use UI | (Personal opinion) The Android app is prone to lags and freezes even on a OnePlus with 16 GB RAM |
| Data under your control | While you can sync to cloud services with encryption, GitHub issues exist about letting users have access to a better form of encryption |
Aegis Authenticator
(Aegis is genuinely a good app. Please use it if it works for you.)
| 2FAuth | Aegis |
|---|---|
| Data is under your control | Proper no-nonsense encryption |
| No need for syncing | No syncing (a cost of privacy) |
| Available everywhere you have access to a web browser | No desktop application |
Links to 2FAuth
Link to view sample docker-compose.yml
(P.S. - I'm not the developer.)
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