🔑 Keyloop
The 2FA authenticator that never holds your codes hostage.
Authy makes exporting your 2FA secrets deliberately impossible, and 1Password wants $2.99+ a month, about $36 a year, just to hold the same codes in someone else's cloud. Keyloop is a desktop authenticator where you hold the vault: AES-256 encrypted on your own disk, exportable to an encrypted file, a printable QR paper backup, or a standard otpauth:// list. Pay $19 once, and you are never locked out or locked in.
Keyloop screenshot is being captured — the app is shipped and real.
Features
Live 6-digit codes
Per-account countdown rings and click-to-copy with a clipboard that auto-clears.
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.
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.
Encrypted .keyloop backups
One file, one password, restore anywhere.
Printable QR paper backup
Every account as a QR code on one sheet for your safe or deposit box, the escape hatch Authy refuses to give you.
Bulk migration
Paste an otpauth:// URI list from any other authenticator export.
Zero network
No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry; the app makes no network calls at all.
Keyloop vs 1Password
1Password at $2.99+/mo runs roughly $36/year — $72 over two years. Keyloop is $19, once.
| Keyloop | 1Password | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 once | $2.99+/mo |
| 3 years | $19 | ~$108 |
| Export your secrets | Yes — encrypted file + QR sheet + URIs | Partial |
| Works fully offline | Yes | No |
| Encrypted local vault | Yes, AES-256-GCM | Yes |
| Your data leaves the machine | Never | Always |
| Desktop-first | Yes | Yes |
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.
Three steps, no subscription
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 and run it yourself for free.
Install and run offline
Install the NSIS Windows build and run it; the app makes zero network calls, so everything stays on your machine.
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.
Honest answers
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes. Keyloop is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/2fa-authenticator-backup 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.
What if I forget my master password?
With no backup you are locked out, because there are no custom primitives and no reset. Keyloop gives you three backup formats (encrypted file, QR paper sheet, URI list); use one. A paper QR backup holds your raw secrets, so store it like cash.
Is this a subscription in disguise?
No. $19 once, no renewal, no cloud, no license server. The app keeps working offline forever.
Own Keyloop forever
$19 once. Signed installer, 1-click setup, updates included. No renewal, no account with us, no meter. Or build it yourself from the MIT source — it's the same app.