cloak
A Command Line OTP (One Time Password) Authenticator application written in Rust that generates time-based and counter-based OTP codes.
Motivation
- Why you shouldn’t scan two-factor authentication QR codes!
- As a means of learning the Rust programming language.
- Easier to copy the OTP code from my terminal to the login form, rather than from my phone to my laptop.
Example
Installation
To install cloak
, you can do either of the following:
-
Binaries
You can download the binaries here. Make sure to put the path to the binary into your
PATH
.Alternatively, you can install
cloak
via the scoop package manager with the following command:scoop install cloak
-
Crates.io
Once you've installed Rust, install
cloak
by typing the following in the terminal:cargo install cloak
This will download and compile
cloak
. After this is finished, add the Cargo bin directory to yourPATH
.
Usage
The sub-commands included in cloak
are as follows:
$ cloak -h
cloak 0.1.0
Evans Murithi <[email protected]>
A Command Line OTP Authenticator application.
USAGE:
cloak [SUBCOMMAND]
FLAGS:
-h, --help Prints help information
-V, --version Prints version information
SUBCOMMANDS:
add Add a new account
delete Delete an account
help Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
list List OTP for all accounts
view View the OTP for an account
To view the help of any of the subcommands below, add -h
or --help
, e.g. cloak add -h
.
-
cloak add <account> <key>
This will add a new account. You will need to provide the name of the account as well as valid base32 encoded key. Example:
$ cloak add github 4AZJFQFIGYM2KMTOO72I6FAOZ6ZFWJR6
-
cloak view <account>
This will print the TOTP/HOTP of the account you want to view. Example:
$ cloak view github 123456
-
cloak list
This prints all the accounts with their respective TOTP/HOTP codes. Example:
$ cloak list Account: github TOTP: 607091 Account: gitlab TOTP: 325414
-
cloak delete <account>
This will delete an account. Once deleted, you cannot view the OTP codes for the account. Example:
$ cloak delete github Account successfully deleted $ cloak view github Account with the name 'github' does not exist. Consider adding it.
Customization
By default cloak
stores your accounts and recovery codes inside a .cloak/
directory found inside your $HOME
folder if you are on Linux or macOS, or
inside your user profile folder if you are on Windows.
To alter this, you can use the CLOAK_ACCOUNTS_DIR
environment variable to
point cloak
to the directory to use for storing your accounts and recovery
codes:
export CLOAK_ACCOUNTS_DIR='/save/accounts/here/' # absolute path
Contributions
If you want to contribute to cloak
you will have to clone the repository on your
local machine:
$ git clone https://github.com/evansmurithi/cloak.git
To build, cd
into cloak/
and run:
$ cargo build
To run tests:
$ cargo test