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Bitwarden as Vaultwarden enables TOTP.
I use bitwaarden and stratum since it has a wearos app as well and it's nice to use that for 2fa codes
Started testing out stratum recently...
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Yubikey. It supports TOTP as well as passkeys. Plus is a physical device separate from my phone. Recommend getting 2 to have 1 as backup
Yubikeys. I think everyone should get a couple (need 2 in case 1 lost)
What you mean syncing with Gnome app?
I personally use Ente Auth and quite like it, don't use syncing and save an encrypted copy to my PC. I really like that you can see what the next code will be.
Adding to the Aegis chorus.
I also use Proton Pass for some sites that aren't as critical for me / don't have a bunch of PII. It's easy.
Stratum
Ente Auth
I used aegis for a long time, switched to protons after they introduced it. Ideally I'd be using something physical though like a yubikey
I use pass for my passwords, and it has an otp extension that I've been using more and more. I used to use aegis but I have needed to switch phones one too many times without having access to the previous phone to be comfortable with phones for 2fa.
Of course, this isn't as secure as a truly separate OTP solution, but it's still better than no OTP/2FA. And I can easily enough back up and restore my 2fa access over the internet, even on a new computer (albeit I need to also backup a PGP key that can decrypt the password store to truly be portable).
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I primarily use GNOME Authenticator, but after an inopportune crash, I now also run 2FAuth on my home server as a backup, and now just hope that I remember to do the export/import dance going forward.
I use freeotp+, but it looks like it could be dead now. But I does have an export to file.
since no one mentioned andotp i might have to move away from it…
Woahhh defo not enough love for Ente Auth in tgese comments. Highly recommend! Its got a beautiful and intuitive UI, completely open-source and is back by super active devs and community 💚