April 1, 2024, 2:17 p.m. | /u/Postcard6519

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Some of you are aware that Authy recently shut down the desktop 2FA app. Since then, those of us who used it have been looking for an alternative.

I've tested a few and found Ente Auth to be good. A few days ago, they released a desktop version for Windows, Mac and (crucially) Linux.

The downloads are available here:

[https://github.com/ente-io/ente/releases?q=tag%3Aauth-v2](https://github.com/ente-io/ente/releases?q=tag%3Aauth-v2)

On Linux (Ubuntu-based) the .deb download works fine. I also tried the AppImage but it doesn't work for me. I …

2fa app auth authy aware desktop desktop app down found good privacy version

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