Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install libyubikey

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install libyubikey

MacPorts ports tree · security/libyubikey/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install libyubikey

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · libyubikey · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#libyubikey

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libyubikey/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install libyubikey-dev

Debian stable package indexes · libyubikey-dev · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S yubico-c

Arch Linux sync databases · yubico-c · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install libyubikey-devel

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libyubikey-devel · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

C library for manipulating Yubico one-time passwords

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

modhex
ykgenerate
ykparse

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

libyubikey is the C library inside Yubico yubico-c for low-level YubiKey one-time-password work: modhex conversion, OTP parsing, and OTP generation around the original Yubico authentication model.

Projektgeschichte

Yubico was founded in Stockholm in 2007 and launched YubiKey 1.0 in 2008 as a driverless one-touch OTP authenticator that identifies as a keyboard. yubico-c followed as the low-level C software development kit for the YubiKey authentication device.

The yubico-c repository describes the command-line tools that expose the library concepts: modhex converts between modhex, hex, and binary forms; ykparse decrypts and parses one OTP with the corresponding AES key; ykgenerate constructs and encrypts one OTP from key and internal token data.

Adoptionsgeschichte

libyubikey belongs to the pre-FIDO YubiKey software stack, when OTP validation and provisioning were central to deploying hardware authentication. As Yubico and Google moved U2F into the FIDO Alliance in 2013 and browsers and services adopted FIDO U2F from 2014 onward, libyubikey remained relevant for legacy OTP integrations and tooling rather than newer WebAuthn flows.

Yubico announced end-of-life for yubico-c on February 19, 2025, with end-of-life scheduled for February 19, 2026. That makes the package historically important as part of the original YubiKey OTP era, even where newer Yubico libraries cover PIV, FIDO, OATH, or platform-specific use cases.

Wie es verwendet wird

Packagers expose libyubikey as a small C library plus tools for modhex and YubiKey OTP token work. It is most useful for test vectors, provisioning scripts, compatibility tooling, and software that needs to parse or generate Yubico OTP values without pulling in higher-level device-management stacks.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, libyubikey is a tiny security package with a lot of context packed into it: custom alphabets, AES-backed OTP fields, hardware-token history, man pages, Autotools, and a clear line from early two-factor authentication to later FIDO/WebAuthn ecosystems.

Zeitleiste

2007: Yubico was founded in Stockholm and developed a YubiKey 1.0 prototype.
2008: YubiKey 1.0 was launched.
2010: Yubico added OATH one-time-password support to the YubiKey product line.
2013: Yubico and Google contributed U2F technical specifications to the FIDO Alliance.
2025-02-19: Yubico announced end-of-life for yubico-c.
2026-02-19: Yubico scheduled yubico-c to reach end-of-life.

Related projects

yubico-c is the upstream source package for libyubikey. Related Yubico projects include higher-level YubiKey management and protocol libraries, while U2F, FIDO2, and WebAuthn represent the standards track that superseded many OTP-first deployments.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

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Signale

metadata:library-like

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 13 Plattformziele verfügbar.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit
`modhex`	cli	globales Executable
`ykgenerate`	cli	globales Executable
`ykparse`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-07-26

Manager-Version1.13

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://yubico.github.io/yubico-c/

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://yubico.github.io/yubico-c/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:libyubikey
Version	1.13
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libyubikey
Homepage	https://yubico.github.io/yubico-c/
Repository	https://github.com/Yubico/yubico-c
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://yubico.github.io/yubico-c
Lizenz	BSD-2-Clause
Quellarchiv	https://developers.yubico.com/yubico-c/Releases/libyubikey-1.13.tar.gz
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	libyubikey
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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Debian apt95%

libyubikey-dev 1.13-6

Yubikey OTP library development files

https://developers.yubico.com/yubico-c/

sudo apt install libyubikey-dev

Section: libdevel
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: libyubikey
2 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libyubikey

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libyubikey-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

libyubikey0 1.13-6

Yubikey OTP handling library runtime

https://developers.yubico.com/yubico-c/

sudo apt install libyubikey0

Section: libs
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: libyubikey
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libyubikey

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libyubikey0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

libyubikey

nix profile install nixpkgs#libyubikey

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libyubikey

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libyubikey/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

libyubikey-dev 1.13-6

Yubikey OTP library development files

https://developers.yubico.com/yubico-c/

sudo apt install libyubikey-dev

Section: universe/libdevel
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: libyubikey
2 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libyubikey

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libyubikey-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

libyubikey0 1.13-6

Yubikey OTP handling library runtime

https://developers.yubico.com/yubico-c/

sudo apt install libyubikey0

Section: universe/libs
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: libyubikey
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libyubikey

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libyubikey0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

dnf95%

libyubikey 1.13-27.fc44

C library for decrypting and parsing Yubikey One-time passwords

http://opensource.yubico.com/yubico-c

sudo dnf install libyubikey

License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: i686
Source Package: libyubikey
2 Abhängigkeiten
2 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libyubikey

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libyubikey from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

dnf95%

libyubikey-devel 1.13-27.fc44

Development files for libyubikey

http://opensource.yubico.com/yubico-c

sudo dnf install libyubikey-devel

License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: i686
Source Package: libyubikey
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libyubikey

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libyubikey-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

yubico-c 1.13-8

Yubico YubiKey C library

https://github.com/Yubico/yubico-c

sudo pacman -S yubico-c

License: BSD
Architecture: x86_64
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libyubikey

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: yubico-c from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

libyubikey-devel 1.13-3.29

Yubico's USB key low-level C library

https://developers.yubico.com/

sudo zypper install libyubikey-devel

License: BSD-2-Clause
Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: libyubikey
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libyubikey

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libyubikey-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

libyubikey-tools 1.13-3.29

Tools to support Yubico's USB key low-level C library

https://developers.yubico.com/

sudo zypper install libyubikey-tools

License: BSD-2-Clause
Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: libyubikey
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libyubikey

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libyubikey-tools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

libyubikey0 1.13-3.29

Yubico's USB key low-level C library

https://developers.yubico.com/

sudo zypper install libyubikey0

License: BSD-2-Clause
Category: Productivity/Networking/Security
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: libyubikey
2 Abhängigkeiten
2 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libyubikey

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libyubikey0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

libyubikey

sudo port install libyubikey

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libyubikey

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: security/libyubikey/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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libyubikey mit Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, apt, pacman, zypper installieren

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macOS

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