fido2-lib
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Plans and prices
From fido2-lib's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| fido2-lib | Free | MIT-licensed library · no pricing plans stated |
The facts
Each one read from fido2-lib's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Attestation formats
- Listed attestation formats are packed, TPM, deprecated Android SafetyNet, FIDO U2F, none, and Apple.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Audit data
- The library returns parsed and validated data together with extra audit data for risk engines.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Challenge handling
- The library does not track sessions or context, so the caller is expected to associate each challenge with a session to match it with a response.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Cryptography
- The listed crypto families are ECDSA and RSA, with x509 certificate parsing and PKITS chain validation.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The README shows installation through npm and import from Deno's deno.land repository; the GitHub Releases page says there are no releases.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- The library provides APIs for adding attestation formats and extensions.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Integration examples
- The README points to OWASP Single Sign-On and webauthn.io for working examples.checked 5 Oct 2026
- License
- The software is provided under the MIT License, which grants free use, copying, modification, distribution, sublicensing, and sale subject to its conditions.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Metadata
- Metadata service support provides authenticator root-of-trust and metadata, including support for multiple services such as FIDO MDS 1–3.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Protocol independence
- The library does not implement a networking protocol such as REST endpoints, so it can remain independent of messaging protocols.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- fido2-lib is a Node.js library for implementing FIDO 2.0 and WebAuthn server functionality.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Registration and authentication
- Its four primary functions create attestation and assertion challenges and parse and validate the client responses.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Runtime and modules
- The README provides Node.js and Deno installation and import examples, and says CommonJS and ESM are supported natively.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Security reporting
- The security policy asks reporters not to post vulnerabilities in public GitHub issues and says to use private vulnerability reporting or contact the lead maintainer; it says a response should arrive within 48 hours.checked 5 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Windows Hello
- The project lists Windows Hello as supported.checked 5 Oct 2026
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