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Install libfido2 with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Provides library functionality for FIDO U2F & FIDO 2.0, including USB. Version 1.17.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-15.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libfido2

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install libfido2

MacPorts ports tree · security/libfido2/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add fido2

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · fido2 · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install fido2-tools

Debian stable package indexes · fido2-tools · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install fido2-tools

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · fido2-tools · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libfido2

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libfido2/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libfido2

Arch Linux sync databases · libfido2 · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libfido2-1

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libfido2-1 · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Provides library functionality for FIDO U2F & FIDO 2.0, including USB

Commands and aliases

  • fido2-assert
  • fido2-cred
  • fido2-token

history

Project history and usage

libfido2 is Yubico's BSD-licensed C library and command-line tool set for communicating with FIDO devices over USB or NFC and verifying attestation and assertion signatures. It supports FIDO U2F as CTAP1 and FIDO2 as CTAP2.

Project history

Yubico's NEWS file lists libfido2 0.1.0 on May 18, 2018 as the first beta release. The project reached 1.0.0 on March 21, 2019 with native HID support on Linux, macOS, and Windows, command options for U2F on dual authenticators, resident-key handling, CTAP2 CBOR checks, fuzzing harnesses, and documentation fixes.

Later releases followed the FIDO standards curve: hmac-secret support in 2018, credential management and richer option APIs in 2019, U2F fallback and credProtect in 2020, NFC support on Linux and FIDO 2.1 work in 2021, and CTAP 2.3 support in 2026.

Adoption history

The README documents package installs for Fedora, Ubuntu, Homebrew on macOS, and Windows release artifacts. Its command-line tools, fido2-cred, fido2-assert, and fido2-token, made low-level authenticator operations packageable outside browser stacks.

How it is used

Developers link libfido2 when they need direct authenticator communication, attestation verification, assertion verification, or tooling around security keys. System users also install fido2-tools to inspect tokens and exercise credentials from the shell.

Why package nerds care

libfido2 is package-nerd significant because it brings passkey/security-key plumbing into the Unix packaging world as a normal C library, CLI suite, udev-rule companion, and dependency for higher-level authentication integrations.

Timeline

  • 2018-05-18: Yubico NEWS lists libfido2 0.1.0 as the first beta release.
  • 2019-03-21: Yubico NEWS lists libfido2 1.0.0 with native HID support on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
  • 2020-04-15: Version 1.4.0 added U2F fallback and FIDO2 credential-protection support.
  • 2021-10-27: Version 1.9.0 enabled NFC support on Linux and added OpenSSL 3.0 compatibility.
  • 2026-04-15: Version 1.17.0 added CTAP 2.3 support.

Related projects

  • Related projects and standards include YubiKeys, FIDO U2F, CTAP1, CTAP2, WebAuthn, libcbor, OpenSSL, zlib, systemd-udev, and language bindings such as Fido2Net, go-libfido2, p5-FIDO-Raw, and Rust libfido2 bindings.

security posture

Risk level: green

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • library-like package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:library-like

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
fido2-assertcliglobal executable
fido2-credcliglobal executable
fido2-tokencliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.17.0
manager updated2026-04-15
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected1.17.0

https://github.com/Yubico/libfido2

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:libfido2
Version1.17.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libfido2
Homepagehttps://developers.yubico.com/libfido2/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/Yubico/libfido2
Upstream docshttps://developers.yubico.com/libfido2
LicenseBSD-2-Clause
Source archivehttps://github.com/Yubico/libfido2/archive/refs/tags/1.17.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-04-15T16:21:25Z
Pulseupdated
Dependencieslibcbor, openssl@3
Build dependenciescmake, mandoc, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelibfido2
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

fido2-tools 1.15.0-1+b1

command-line tools to configure and use a FIDO 2 token

https://developers.yubico.com/libfido2/

sudo apt install fido2-tools
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: fido2-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libfido2-1 1.15.0-1+b1

library for generating and verifying FIDO 2.0 objects

https://developers.yubico.com/libfido2/

sudo apt install libfido2-1
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libfido2-1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libfido2-dev 1.15.0-1+b1

library for generating and verifying FIDO 2.0 objects -- headers

https://developers.yubico.com/libfido2/

sudo apt install libfido2-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libfido2-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libfido2-doc 1.15.0-1

library for generating and verifying FIDO 2.0 objects -- documentation

https://developers.yubico.com/libfido2/

sudo apt install libfido2-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libfido2-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

libfido2

nix profile install nixpkgs#libfido2
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libfido2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

fido2-tools 1.14.0-1build3

command-line tools to configure and use a FIDO 2 token

https://developers.yubico.com/libfido2/

sudo apt install fido2-tools
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fido2-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libfido2-1 1.14.0-1build3

library for generating and verifying FIDO 2.0 objects

https://developers.yubico.com/libfido2/

sudo apt install libfido2-1
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfido2-1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libfido2-dev 1.14.0-1build3

library for generating and verifying FIDO 2.0 objects -- headers

https://developers.yubico.com/libfido2/

sudo apt install libfido2-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfido2-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libfido2-doc 1.14.0-1build3

library for generating and verifying FIDO 2.0 objects -- documentation

https://developers.yubico.com/libfido2/

sudo apt install libfido2-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfido2-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

fido2 1.16.0-r4

commandline utilities for FIDO 2.0

https://github.com/Yubico/libfido2

sudo apk add fido2
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fido2 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libfido2 1.16.0-r4

library for FIDO 2.0 functionality

https://github.com/Yubico/libfido2

sudo apk add libfido2
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libfido2 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libfido2-dev 1.16.0-r4

library for FIDO 2.0 functionality (development files)

https://github.com/Yubico/libfido2

sudo apk add libfido2-dev
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libfido2-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libfido2-doc 1.16.0-r4

library for FIDO 2.0 functionality (documentation)

https://github.com/Yubico/libfido2

sudo apk add libfido2-doc
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libfido2-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libfido2-udev 1.16.0-r4

library for FIDO 2.0 functionality (udev rules)

https://github.com/Yubico/libfido2

sudo apk add libfido2-udev
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libfido2-udev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

fido2-tools 1.17.0-2.fc45

FIDO2 tools

https://github.com/Yubico/libfido2

sudo dnf install fido2-tools
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 7 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fido2-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

libfido2 1.17.0-2.fc45

FIDO2 library

https://github.com/Yubico/libfido2

sudo dnf install libfido2
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: libfido2
  • 7 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libfido2
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libfido2 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

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