# Two Factor Authentication through Google Authenticator
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-factor-authentication-through-google-authenticator/72102
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [October 15, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-factor-authentication-through-google-authenticator/72102 "2017-10-15T12:34:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@adambirds](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adambirds)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-factor-authentication-through-google-authenticator/72102/1 "2017-10-15T12:34:42Z")
When will there be a feature for two factor authentication through Google Authenticator?
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### Author:  [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-factor-authentication-through-google-authenticator/72102/2 "2017-10-15T14:32:43Z")
Duplicate of:
> [@Two-factor local login option](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-factor-local-login-option/12597):
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> So, authentication on Discourse seems like mostly a solved problem since you can offload it to an external provider, but I’d love for Discourse to have a two-factor option for local authentication. It seems relatively uncomplicated to bolt-on support for TOTP via Google Authenticator—for example, here’s a Google Authenticator add-on [implementation](https://github.com/alexandregz/twofactor_gauthenticator) in PHP for Roundcube. Right, right, apples and oranges, php and ruby, webmail and forum, but the libraries are all there and it’d definitely make me h…
Best to add a “like” to the first post in that feature request topic to show your interest and read through the thread.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-factor-authentication-through-google-authenticator/72102/3 "2017-10-15T14:39:52Z")