Small Business Owners

Keyloop for Small Business Owners: The 2FA authenticator that never holds your codes hostage

The 2FA authenticator that never holds your codes hostage.

Small businesses get nickel-and-dimed by per-user pricing on helpdesks, forms, signatures and scheduling. One-time software makes the toolset a capital expense instead of a creeping payroll line.

The tool this job usually means renting is 1Password, at $2.99+/mo โ€” roughly $36 a year, every year. Keyloop does the job for a one-time $19 โ€” running locally on your own machine.

Fit check

Why it fits how small business owners work

๐Ÿ”ข Live 6-digit codes

Per-account countdown rings and click-to-copy with a clipboard that auto-clears.

For small business owners, live 6-digit codes pays off without adding another line to the monthly overhead โ€” and it's covered by the same one-time $19, not metered per month.

โž• Add accounts three ways

Scan a QR screenshot, paste an otpauth:// URI, or type the secret manually, with SHA1/256/512, 6-8 digits and custom periods.

For small business owners, add accounts three ways pays off without adding another line to the monthly overhead โ€” and it's covered by the same one-time $19, not metered per month.

๐Ÿ”’ Encrypted local vault

scrypt key derivation into AES-256-GCM using Node built-in crypto; the master password is never stored and it auto-locks after five minutes idle.

For small business owners, encrypted local vault pays off without adding another line to the monthly overhead โ€” and it's covered by the same one-time $19, not metered per month.

Workflow

A typical workflow

STEP 01

Buy once on Whop

One payment of $19 gets you the packaged Windows installer, or clone the MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/2fa-authenticator-backup-mvp and run it yourself for free.

STEP 02

Install and run offline

Install the NSIS Windows build and run it; the app makes zero network calls, so everything stays on your machine.

STEP 03

Import your codes

Scan QR screenshots, paste otpauth:// URIs or bulk-import from another authenticator, then keep an encrypted or printed QR backup so you are never locked out.

What it costs, honestly

Keyloop is $19, once. 1Password at $2.99+/mo โ€” roughly $36 a year, every year. Seven months of 1Password 2FA costs more than Keyloop, which then never bills you again and, unlike Authy, always lets you walk away with your secrets.

FAQ

Small Business Owners ask

Is Keyloop worth it for small business owners?

Seven months of 1Password 2FA costs more than Keyloop, which then never bills you again and, unlike Authy, always lets you walk away with your secrets. Keyloop costs $19 once; 1Password charges $2.99+/mo โ€” about $36 a year. For small business owners, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.

Is it really free on GitHub?

Yes. Keyloop is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/2fa-authenticator-backup-mvp and always will be. The $19 buys the packaged Windows installer; building from source is free.

Does anything leave my computer?

No. Keyloop makes no network calls at all, has no accounts and no telemetry; the encrypted vault lives only on your disk.

Own Keyloop forever โ€” $19