WinAuth

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WinAuth is a portable, open-source Authenticator for Windows that can be used as a 2FA including Bitcoin / crypto-currency websites, any service that requires the Google Authenticator, and games such as World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Guild Wars 2, Rift, ArcheAge.

WinAuth screenshot 1

Cost / License

Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)

Application type

Authenticator

Origin

United States

Since

Since 2015

Updated

Archived

Alerts

Discontinued

Platforms

Windows

WinAuth screenshot 1

WinAuth alternatives

Discontinued

Repo has been archived and latest commit c57132f on Oct 12, 2018. See https://github.com/winauth/winauth

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Properties

Lightweight
Privacy focused

Features

Multiple Account support
Password protection
Time-based One-time Password
No Tracking
Two-factor Authentication
No Logs
No registration required
Portable
Ad-free
FIDO U2F (2FA) support
Import from Steam
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

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WinAuth information

Developed by
Colin Mackie
Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
Written in
C#
Rating
Average rating of 5
Alternatives
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Supported Languages
- English

AlternativeTo Category

Security & Privacy

GitHub repository

1,851 Stars
422 Forks
175 Open Issues
Updated Sep 26, 2021 (Archived)

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about WinAuth, and it has gotten 33 likes

WinAuth was added to AlternativeTo by seatsea on Jun 7, 2015 and this page was last updated Oct 20, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

Hadouken666

★★★★★

Jun 10, 2023

0

There is a more updated fork of Winauth, added some nice features, though. https://github.com/ttodua/winauth

h13Bishop

★★★★★

Sep 3, 2019

1

Best of all alternatives. Dead but still works. Steam confirmations and battle.net support. RIP

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Install from the command line

winget install -e --id WinAuth.WinAuth

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is WinAuth?

WinAuth is a portable, open-source Authenticator for Windows that can be used as a 2FA including Bitcoin / crypto-currency websites, any service that requires the Google Authenticator, and games such as World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Guild Wars 2, Rift, ArcheAge. WildStar and Runescape.

https://winauth.github.io/winauth/index.html