# Install authenticator-cli with npm

A commandline Authenticator App (for Authy, Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, TOTP / 2FA / MFA / OTP, etc). Version 1.0.5 via npm; verified 2018-04-19. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#authenticator.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

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

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:authenticator-cli
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.5
- **Source summary:** A commandline Authenticator App (for Authy, Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, TOTP / 2FA / MFA / OTP, etc)
- **Homepage:** <https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/authenticator-cli.js>
- **Last updated:** 2018-04-19T02:29:07.857Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- authenticator (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0.5

## Security Notes

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


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - authenticator: installed executable or alias 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: installed executable or alias 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/


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
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