# Install authenticator with npm

Two- / Multi- Factor Authenication (2FA / MFA) for node.js. Version 1.1.5 via npm; verified 2018-05-29. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#authenticator.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:authenticator
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g authenticator
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:authenticator
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/authenticator>
- **Version:** 1.1.5
- **Source summary:** Two- / Multi- Factor Authenication (2FA / MFA) for node.js
- **Homepage:** <https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/node-authenticator.js#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/node-authenticator.js>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/node-authenticator.js#readme>
- **License:** (MIT or Apache-2.0)
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/authenticator/-/authenticator-1.1.5.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/node-authenticator.js/issues>
- **Published:** 2018-05-29T20:26:43.084Z
- **Last updated:** 2018-05-29T20:26:43.084Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- authenticator (cli)

## Dependencies

- authenticator-cli
- notp
- thirty-two

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.1.5
- Package-manager updated: 2018-05-29
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/node-authenticator.js
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for authenticator. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 1.1.5
- **Version Count:** 7
- **Maintainers:** coolaj86
- **Author:** AJ ONeal
- **Publisher:** coolaj86
- **Integrity:** sha512-eaT0Trfxka28DkljLQDxuoSn9uDTaYIoXhZMsAw3Z54fNC7BMIsvIxfG6Y5s+y02CH59IIyY3p1EOMqeIpljWQ==
- **Shasum:** ebc6d01ea91b91d631c6549f8cde82ec38f487f1
- **Unpacked Size:** 21,052
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-05-10T14:26:07.598Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2018-05-29T20:26:43.084Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-06-13T03:47:50.367Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - authenticator: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/au/authenticator/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - authenticator - 4.6.2-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: authenticator from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Simple application for generating two-factor authentication (2FA) codes | https://apps.gnome.org/Authenticator/


## Related links

- [Security and crypto packages](https://pkg.so/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [authenticator-cli](https://pkg.so/npm/authenticator-cli/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: authentication, authenticator, authenticator-cli, authy, cli.
- [google-authenticator-libpam](https://pkg.so/brew/google-authenticator-libpam/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: authentication, authenticator, cli, factor, google.
- [totp-cli](https://pkg.so/brew/totp-cli/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: authentication, authenticator, authy, cli, fa.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph