awesome-webauthn
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🔐 A curated list of awesome WebAuthn and Passkey resources
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WebAuthn toolkit
Curated list of tools and resources for implementing WebAuthn authentication in web applications
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Demos
DUO: WebAuthn Demo
A demonstration of the WebAuthn Specification
Anders Åberg: .NET library for FIDO2 Demo
A working implementation library + demo for FIDO2 and WebAuthn using .NET
- Auth0: WebAuthn Demo
Probably the best WebAuthn flow demo
Google: WebAuthn Demo
An example Java Relying Party implementation of the WebAuthn specification
- Yubico: WebAuthn Demo
Provides technical details of WebAuthn data flow and includes a playground to test a U2F/FIDO2 key as a second factor or passwordless key
jcjones: WebAuthn.bin.coffee DEMO
A simple site for testing Web Authentication
FIDO Alliance: Interop WebApp
As simple test app for FIDO2 servers
- Spomky-Labs: Webauthn Demo
a demo based on Symfony and the PHP framework
Yuriy Ackermann: FIDO2 Demos
A set of demos for
Shane Weeden: FIDO2 Viewer
This is a free, simple, standalone-in-the-browser viewer for FIDO2 attestation and assertion payload inspection
Xavier Renard: Webauthn Demo
A working WebAuthn demo based on java Spring Boot and react.js
Anders Rundgren: FIDO Web Pay
Public FIDO-based "wallet" demo and associated standards proposal
- MasterKale: SimpleWebAuthn Demo
A working instance of the showcasing both its server and browser libraries
- MasterKale: WebAuthn Debugger
A WebAuthn registration and authentication response previewer
- WebAuthn Viewer
A GUI based WebAuthn API response viewer
Chris Keogh: dotnetcore IdentityServer4 DEMO
A WebAuthN demo using dotnetcore and the FIDO2.NET library that integrates passwordless auth with
- Firstyear: Webauthn RS demo and compatability tester
A demo of Webauthn using Webauthn-RS, with WASM browser components and an exhaustive device compatibility and stress tester
webauthn-skeleton: Node.js/Koa application
This is a working skeleton of a Node.js/Koa application with passwordless login (Web Authentication API, WebAuthN, FIDO2)
Dashlane: Android passkey example app
An example Android application that demonstrates native passkey support
- Passwordless.ID WebAuthn lib playground
Register, authenticate and verify WebAuthn credentials using this interactive playground
- WebAuthn.Net Demo
Demonstration of usage scenarios with and ASP.NET Core 8
Server Libraries
LINE: FIDO2 Server
FIDO2(WebAuthn) server officially certified by FIDO Alliance and Relying Party examples
Hanko: Passkey Server
FIDO2-certified passkey & WebAuthn server written in Go. Includes a JavaScript client SDK and a passkey provider for Auth.js (Next-Auth)
Anders Åberg: .NET library for FIDO2
A working implementation library + demo for fido2 and WebAuthn using .NET
WebAuthn.Net
A production-ready, easy-to-use, extensible implementation of WebAuthn for web applications on .NET 6 and .NET 8 + demo
WebAuthn4J Project: WebAuthn4J
A portable Java library for WebAuthn server side verification
WebAuthn Go library
WebAuthn library written in Go (replaces the archived and deprecated )
cedarcode: WebAuthn Ruby
Ruby implementation of a WebAuthn Relying Party
MasterKale: @simplewebauthn/server
WebAuthn, Simplified. A TypeScript-first Node.js library for simpler WebAuthn integration. Supports use in TypeScript and JavaScript projects. Partner library to the front end (see )
Eclipse Vert.x: WebAuthn
Reactive WebAuthn library for Eclipse Vert.x. Works with any Vert.x related framework: Vert.x Web, Quarkus, ES4X, etc
Madwizard.org: WebAuthn PHP library
WebAuthn server library for PHP
Spomky-Labs: WebAuthn Framework
This framework contains PHP libraries and Symfony bundle to allow developpers to integrate FIDO2 authentication mechanism into their web applications
Duo: py_webauthn
Pythonic WebAuthn. A Python3 implementation of the WebAuthn API focused on making it easy to leverage the power of WebAuthn
Yubico: Java WebAuthn Server
Server-side Web Authentication library for Java
webauthn-open-source: FIDO2 lib
A Node.js library for performing FIDO 2.0 / WebAuthn server functionality
Nov Matake: Ruby WebAuthn Lib
W3C Web Authentication API (a.k.a. WebAuthn / FIDO2) RP library in Ruby
Yubico: python-fido2
FIDO2 Client and Server lib
Tangui: Wax
Elixir implementation of WebAuthn
Suby Raman: redux-webauthn
Redux middleware for registering and authenticating users with the Web Authentication API (FIDO2)
Firstyear: WebAuthn-RS
An implementation of Passkeys and Webauthn components for Rust web servers
Koesie10: WebAuthn
Go/JS WebAuthn Library for easy Server/Client integation
SharpLab: Spring-Security-WebAuthn
Unofficial WebAuthn module for the Spring Security project
Wallix: @webauthn/server
A Node.js library containing easy-to-use helpers to integrate FIDO2. Works in pair with
asbiin: laravel-webauthn
A Laravel adapter for the WebAuthn Framework (from Spomky-Labs)
e3b0c442: warp
A framework-independent Relying Party implemnetation for Go
fumieval: webauthn
Fledgling Haskell implementation
lbuchs: PHP Webauthn
A simple PHP WebAuthn (FIDO2) server library
Robur: webauthn
An IO-agnostic WebAuthn server implementation written in OCaml
Passwordless.ID: WebAuthn lib
A simple, minimal, opinionated typescript wrapper around WebAuthn. Features both client side to invoke WebAuthn and server side to verify credentials
swift-server: webauthn-swift
A Swift library for implementing the WebAuthn specs on server
kanidm: webauthn-rs
An implementation of webauthn components for Rustlang servers
Client Libraries
Yubico: python-fido2
Client Lib to talk to a hardware authenticators over USB HID
Yubico: libfido2
C client library and command-line tools to communicate with a FIDO device over USB, and to verify attestation and assertion signatures
keys.pub: go-libfido2
Go client library (wraps Yubico: libfido2)
Lyo Kato: iOS Webauthn Kit
This library provides you a way to handle W3C Web Authentication API (a.k.a. WebAuthN / FIDO 2.0) easily
Yubico: Mobile Android SDK (YubiKit)
YubiKit is an Android library provided by Yubico to interact with YubiKeys on Android devices. Works with other FIDO2 devices as well
Yubico: Mobile iOS SDK (YubiKit)
YubiKit is an iOS library provided by Yubico to interact with YubiKeys on iOS devices. Works with other FIDO2 devices as well
Mozilla: authenticator-rs
Rust library to interact with Security Keys, used by Firefox
Firstyear: webauthn-authenticator-rs
Rust library for interacting with Security Keys, based on authenticator-rs, but with extensions to support CTAP2.1 and NFC
COTECH: Hardware Security SDK
Android library to interact with FIDO2 and U2F security keys over NFC and USB. Also provides a WebAuthn-WebView bridge
MasterKale: @simplewebauthn/browser
WebAuthn, Simplified. A TypeScript-first browser library for simpler WebAuthn integration. Supports use in TypeScript and JavaScript projects. Partner library to the back end (see ). Also works with Duo's py_webauthn
Corbado: flutter-passkeys
Flutter package to provide passkey authentication for iOS and Android apps
WIOSense: rauth-android
Android library for FIDO2 roaming authenticator
Software Authenticators
Damian Czaja: android-webauthn-token
A FIDO2 WebAuthn BLE Android phone token
Fabian Henneke: WearAuthn
FIDO2 Bluetooth HID/NFC soft token for Wear OS watches with support for resident keys
Radoslav Bodó: soft-webauthn
Python software webauthn token
adessoSE: softauthn
FIDO2 authenticator emulator/software token in Java
Daniel Stiner: Rust U2F
U2F security token emulator written in Rust
Firstyear: webauthn-authenticator-rs
Contains a software webauthn token with ephemeral attestation CA allowing richer testing of device policies
tjado mäcke: Authorizer
An Android password manager based on psafe3 files which supports FIDO2 WebAuthn over BLE
bulwarkid: virtual-fido
virtual-fido is an Golang based commandline application which emulates an USB security token. This can also be used as a library
bulwarkid: bulwark-passkeys
Bulwark passkeys is a desktop application written in Golang supporting CTAP2, similar to a platform-based authenticator
Pol Henarejos: pico-fido
This project transforms your Raspberry Pi Pico into an integrated FIDO Passkey, functioning like a standard USB Passkey for authentication
Hardware Authenticators
- SoloKeys
Solo is an open source FIDO2 security key, and you can get one at
Conor Patrick: U2F Zero
U2F Zero is an open source U2F token for 2 factor authentication
Trezor
Trezor is an open source hardware wallet with FIDO/U2F and FIDO2/WebAuthn functionality
Google: OpenSK
OpenSK is an open-source implementation for security keys written in Rust that supports both FIDO U2F and FIDO2 standards
- Nitrokey
Nitrokey is developing/producing different types of open source and open hardware FIDO2 security keys (check for the "Nitrokey FIDO2" and "Nitrokey 3" related repositories)
BryanJacobs: FIDO2Applet
FIDO2 CTAP2 Javacard Applet
darconeous: u2f-javacard
A privacy-focused Java Card U2F Authenticator based on ledger-u2f-javacard (More recent fork of )
Dev tools
Shane B Weeden: FIDO2 Postman Clients
FIDO2 Postman clients to easily test your FIDO2 API endpoints
MasterKale: WebAuthn Previewer
A simple website for previewing WebAuthn attestations and assertions
- Firstyear: Webauthn RS compatability tester
A webauthn device and browser stress tester that can identify flaws in implementations and has already found bugs in Firefox, Safari, Android and more
Descope: VirtualWebAuthn Test Tool
A GO package to automate testing of a relying party WebAuthn server implementation without requiring a browser or an actual authenticator
- Olivier Potonniée: FIDO MDS Explorer
A user-friendly web UI to explore the FIDO Metadata Service repository, which contains detailed characteristics and attestation certificates of authenticators registered to the FIDO Alliance
- WebAuthn Playground
A web page (no server) to test WebAuthn operations with configurable parameters, and view/parse responses
- Passkeys Debugger
A simple website to test different passkeys / WebAuthn server settings and client responses
Martin Paljak: YAFU - Yet Another FIDO Utility
Java library and CLI utility for working with CTAP devices over USBHID and NFC
Specifications
- FIDO latest specifications
A right place to find most recent & original FIDO specifications
- CTAP 2.1 specs
Client to Authenticator protocol v2.1
- WebAuthn draft
Webauthn draft
- CBOR specifications
A CBOR specification page with most recent updates and libraries for using CBOR in various programming languages
- Credential Exchange Specifications
Credential Exchange Protocol (CXP) & Credential Exchange Format (CXF), working drafts
Tutorials
- Introduction to WebAuthn API
In depth article grinding through WebAuthn API, and how to use it
- Passkeys.dev
A greate guide on starting with passkeys
- WebAuthn Guide: DUOSEC
Great WebAuthn beginners guide by Suby Raman
Yubico Labs: WebAuthn Starter Kit Reference Deployment
How an identifier-first flow helps migrate users towards passwordless. Integrates Yubico's java-webauthn-server with AWS Lambda and AWS Cognito. Includes example web and iOS clients. See
Yubico Labs: Securing a Website with Passwordless Authentication
Yubico java discoverable credentials workshop
- Google: Your First WebAuthn
An awesome WebAuthn introduction by Eiji Kitamura @ Google
FIDO Alliance: How To FIDO
A definitive guide on good FIDO UI/UX
Articles
- Yuriy Ackermann: WebAuthn/FIDO2 Blog
Great blog for those who wish to go in-depth with WebAuthn
- Auth0: Introduction to Web Authentication
A fantastic introduction to WebAuthn by folks at Auth0
- Watahani: のブログ
JP: 技術メモとか料理ネタとか
- Eiji Kitamura: Credential Management API and best practices
Probably the best CredManAPI guide
- Ken¥d: のブログ
JP: セキュリティ, Android, Cloud Nativeについてまとめるブログです
- gebo: CTAP2 お勉強メモ ブログ
認証,認可,FIDO,CTAP,NFC,BLE,c,c++,c#,Rust,ねこのげぼく
- 上野博司/super_reader: Yahoo! JAPANでの生体認証の取り組み(FIDO2サーバーの仕組みについて)
Yahoo! JAPAN FIDO2 サーバーの仕組みに関するブログ
- パスワードレス認証WebAuthnの勘所と対応状況
WebAuthn API と基本的な FIDO 概念の概要
- パスワードの不要な世界はいかにして実現されるのか - FIDO2 と WebAuthn の基本を知る
北村さん、パスワードレスの世界づくりについて語る
- Damien Bod: ASP.NET CORE IDENTITY WITH FIDO2 WEBAUTHN MFA
This article shows how Fido2 WebAuthn could be used as 2FA and integrated into an ASP.NET Core Identity application
- Paul Stamatiou: Getting started with security keys
How to stay safe online and prevent phishing with FIDO2, WebAuthn and security keys. (Less technical but a very usefull article)
- Adam Powers FIDO Alliance: The Truth about Attestation
A woundeful tech article about attestations
- Henrik Loeser (data-henrik): FIDO2-related blog articles
FIDO2 keys on Linux and for cloud services
Tim Brust: Security Evaluation of Multi-Factor Authentication in Comparison with the Web Authentication API
A master's thesis comparing WebAuthn with other multi-factor authentication methods, such as HOTP, TOTP or U2F
- Stavros Korokithakis: How to use FIDO2 USB authenticators with SSH
Nice tutorial on how to use FIDO2 to authenticate SSH sessions. As short as possible, but as detailed as necessary to understood all important topics (e.g. resident vs. non-resident keys)
- webauthn.wft
A good overview with many detailed links to dig deeper if interested
- Become Microsoft compatible security key vendor
A official guide to make your security keys Microsoft Entra compatible
Slides
- Yuriy Ackermann: WebAuthn Overview
Introduction to WebAuthn Slide deck from 2019 talks
- Implementing FIDO on Android Side using com.google.android.gms.fido.fido2
Great guide for those who want to add passkey support to their Android app
- WebAuthn Works: Slides
A library of slides by Yuriy Ackermann and WebAuthn Works in English and Russian
Books
- Getting started with WebAuthn
コミックマーケット95で頒布した同人誌「Getting started with WebAuthn」の電子版(PDF)です
- Password authentication for web and mobile apps
A book by Dmitry Chestnykh @dchest about authentication on web and mobile. Talks in depth about correct password authenticatoin, and additionally introduces to FIDO2/Webauthn
Other
webauthn-open-source: WebAuthn Logos
Awesome webauthn logos by Adam Powers
CTAP2.1 Migration Guide
A guide for those who have CTAP2.0 authenticator, and they want to migrate to CTAP2.1
- Passkeys/WebAuthn Cheat Sheet
A 2-sided PDF explaining all relevant objects, concepts and ressources to implement passkeys
WebAuthn Wiki
WebAuthn API spec official explainers and wiki
- State of Passkeys
Info page that shows current data about passkey-readiness of operating systems and browsers
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