{"slug": "aegis", "name": "Aegis", "category": "ai", "category_name": "AI models and assistants", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 5, "warners": 0, "score": 3.804, "rising": -1.31, "first": "2026-02-17", "latest": "2026-07-23", "why": "Been using Aegis for a while now, the encrypted backup alone makes it worth it over Google Authenticator.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Been using Aegis for a while now, the encrypted backup alone makes it worth it over Google Authenticator.", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/justin0504/aegis", "official_url": "https://getaegis.app", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Aegis"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 780470608, "item_id": 48779413, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48779413", "by": "westurner", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Aegis and LiteLLM, for example, are pre-execution firewalls that add a cryptographic audit trail.", "excerpt": "Remote debugging and post-mortem debugging support might be useful. There are many AI auditability proxies; awesome-auditable-ai: \"A curated list of papers, tools, datasets, benchmarks, and standards for building, evaluating, and auditing reliable AI agents\" https://github.com/yzhao062/awesome-auditable-ai Aegis and LiteLLM, for example, are pre-execution firewalls that add a cryptographic audit trail. https://github", "context": "", "use_case": "AI agent audit trail", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Mcpsnoop \u2013 Wireshark for MCP (transparent proxy and live TUI)"}, {"id": 761335776, "item_id": 47583486, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47583486", "by": "Areena_28", "date": "2026-03-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Been using Aegis for a while now, the encrypted backup alone makes it worth it over Google Authenticator.", "excerpt": "Been using Aegis for a while now, the encrypted backup alone makes it worth it over Google Authenticator. losing access to everything because you switched phones once is enough to make you take backups seriously. Ente is worth a look if you want cloud sync without giving up control of your keys. haven't tried Raivo personally.", "context": "", "use_case": "2FA authenticator", "switched_from": "Google Authenticator", "story": "GitHub now requiring 2FA for all contributors,what authenticator apps you using?"}, {"id": 760843440, "item_id": 47552715, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47552715", "by": "gethly", "date": "2026-03-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Aegis was on the top of the list(among few others whom i do not remember). I have been using Aegis", "excerpt": "There has been a review of these apps some time ago. I know google/ms were worst and Aegis was on the top of the list(among few others whom i do not remember). I have been using Aegis for aeges :D", "context": "", "use_case": "2FA authenticator", "switched_from": "", "story": "GitHub now requiring 2FA for all contributors,what authenticator apps you using?"}, {"id": 752753008, "item_id": 47047063, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47047063", "by": "bramhaag", "date": "2026-02-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Some other FOSS apps I use daily:", "excerpt": "Some other FOSS apps I use daily: Aegis - 2FA (https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis) Breezy Weather - A very good looking weather app (https://github.com/breezy-weather/breezy-weather) OnlyOffice Documents - MS Office suite replacement (https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/documents-app-android) Fossify Calendar (https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Calendar) Fossify Messages (https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Messages) Aves - Loc", "context": "", "use_case": "2FA", "switched_from": "", "story": "GrapheneOS \u2013 Break Free from Google and Apple"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["2fa authenticator", "totp codes", "ai agent audit trail", "2fa"], "compared": [{"slug": "google-authenticator", "name": "Google Authenticator", "co": 2, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "ente-auth", "name": "Ente Auth", "co": 1, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47530651", "title": "GitHub now requiring 2FA for all contributors,what authenticator apps you using?", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007374", "title": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777144", "title": "Show HN: Mcpsnoop \u2013 Wireshark for MCP (transparent proxy and live TUI)", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045612", "title": "GrapheneOS \u2013 Break Free from Google and Apple", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 784293506, "item_id": 49018344, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49018344", "by": "FireInsight", "date": "2026-07-23", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I used to use Aegis, which might technically be a bit more secure", "excerpt": "Ente Auth. Obviously not Bitwarden, I don't even know why that's an option. Having your 1st and 2nd factors in the same place seems foolish. I used to use Aegis, which might technically be a bit more secure, but Ente is also on the PrivacyGuides recommendations list (https://www.privacyguides.org/en/multi-factor-authentication/#ente-auth), so I opted to use it for more peace of mind in case my phone breaks.", "context": "", "use_case": "TOTP codes", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"}, {"id": 780470608, "item_id": 48779413, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48779413", "by": "westurner", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Aegis and LiteLLM, for example, are pre-execution firewalls that add a cryptographic audit trail.", "excerpt": "Remote debugging and post-mortem debugging support might be useful. There are many AI auditability proxies; awesome-auditable-ai: \"A curated list of papers, tools, datasets, benchmarks, and standards for building, evaluating, and auditing reliable AI agents\" https://github.com/yzhao062/awesome-auditable-ai Aegis and LiteLLM, for example, are pre-execution firewalls that add a cryptographic audit trail. https://github", "context": "", "use_case": "AI agent audit trail", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Mcpsnoop \u2013 Wireshark for MCP (transparent proxy and live TUI)"}, {"id": 761335776, "item_id": 47583486, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47583486", "by": "Areena_28", "date": "2026-03-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Been using Aegis for a while now, the encrypted backup alone makes it worth it over Google Authenticator.", "excerpt": "Been using Aegis for a while now, the encrypted backup alone makes it worth it over Google Authenticator. losing access to everything because you switched phones once is enough to make you take backups seriously. Ente is worth a look if you want cloud sync without giving up control of your keys. haven't tried Raivo personally.", "context": "", "use_case": "2FA authenticator", "switched_from": "Google Authenticator", "story": "GitHub now requiring 2FA for all contributors,what authenticator apps you using?"}, {"id": 760843440, "item_id": 47552715, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47552715", "by": "gethly", "date": "2026-03-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Aegis was on the top of the list(among few others whom i do not remember). I have been using Aegis", "excerpt": "There has been a review of these apps some time ago. I know google/ms were worst and Aegis was on the top of the list(among few others whom i do not remember). I have been using Aegis for aeges :D", "context": "", "use_case": "2FA authenticator", "switched_from": "", "story": "GitHub now requiring 2FA for all contributors,what authenticator apps you using?"}, {"id": 752753008, "item_id": 47047063, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47047063", "by": "bramhaag", "date": "2026-02-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Some other FOSS apps I use daily:", "excerpt": "Some other FOSS apps I use daily: Aegis - 2FA (https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis) Breezy Weather - A very good looking weather app (https://github.com/breezy-weather/breezy-weather) OnlyOffice Documents - MS Office suite replacement (https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/documents-app-android) Fossify Calendar (https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Calendar) Fossify Messages (https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Messages) Aves - Loc", "context": "", "use_case": "2FA", "switched_from": "", "story": "GrapheneOS \u2013 Break Free from Google and Apple"}]}