Authy Desktop is gone. What to use on a Mac now

Twilio shut down the Authy Desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux on 19 March 2024; installed copies were invalidated and removed from your Authy account. Authy’s phone apps still work, but Authy has no export, so moving to a Mac app means adding each account again from that site’s two-factor settings. Apple’s Passwords app is the free option on a Mac. Crest, our app, makes each re-add quick by reading the site’s QR code from your screen, then offers the code in the notch when that site asks in Safari, Chrome, Arc, Brave or Edge.

Last updated: October 2026

Written by the developer of Crest on 13 October 2026. Twilio’s words are quoted from its own end-of-life article (updated 12 September 2025), and Authy’s App Store listing and download page were read that day. The other apps are described from their makers’ pages, listed under Sources, and were not installed. Crest’s part comes from Crest 6.5.0’s own words and source code.

What Twilio says

Twilio’s end-of-life article says: “The Authy Desktop app for Linux, MacOS and Windows reached their End-of-Life on March 19, 2024 and are no longer supported.” Once the app is completely end of life, it says, “Your Authy Desktop app installation will be invalidated and the device will be removed from your Authy account.” Its advice: “We strongly recommend that you immediately switch to using our mobile apps instead.”

For people who want their codes on a computer, the same article names desktop alternatives: 1Password, Authenticator from authenticator.cc, Step Two, Secrets and KeePassXC. And about moving: “The Authy app lacks an export feature, therefore you have to re-enable the 2FA method and re-add the token in your new application”.

Can I still run Authy on a Mac?

No. Authy’s App Store listing names iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple Watch, with no Mac, and the download page on authy.com offers only the App Store and Google Play (both read 13 October 2026). The phone app is kept up to date: version 28.6.2 is dated 24 September 2026.

Move off Authy, one site at a time

1. Keep Authy on your phone until you finish: it is how you sign in while you move.
2. Sign in to the site and open its security or two-factor settings.
3. Choose to change or set up your authenticator app again. Some sites make you turn two-factor off and on. The site shows a new QR code and, usually, a setup key.
4. Add that QR code or key to your Mac app, then type the code it shows into the site to confirm.
5. Save the new backup codes the site gives you, somewhere other than your Mac.
6. Delete that account from Authy, and go on to the next site. Do your email and your bank first.

With Crest, step 4 is quick: leave the site’s QR code on screen and Crest finds it (macOS asks once for Screen Recording, or you pick the window yourself with no permission), or paste the setup key. Crest then reminds you that the site asks for one code to finish turning on two-factor, and the next time you sign in there, it offers the code in the notch and types it in when you click Fill in.

What to use instead

None of them can import from Authy, because Authy has no export. More detail on each, and three more apps: the best authenticator apps for Mac. Moving from Google Authenticator instead? That one has an export. More on Crest: how its codes work in the notch and what Crest Pro costs.

Sources

Everything about the other apps was read on 13 October 2026 on these pages; none of them was installed or run for this page. Prices change, so check before you buy.

• Twilio: User guide: End-of-Life (EOL) for Twilio Authy Desktop app (updated 12 September 2025), the Twilio Authy App Store listing and authy.com/download.
• Apple: Use verification codes in Passwords on Mac, About the Passwords app, Show Passwords in the menu bar, Import passwords and the iCloud Passwords extension for Chrome. User reports on Apple’s forum: a Google export QR code refused (September 2024) and the Choose QR code Image button (November 2025).
• Crest: version 6.5.0 of 13 October 2026, its release notes, and its own source code and on-screen words, which is where every Crest detail here comes from. What the sync server keeps is in our privacy policy.
• Ente Auth, Proton Authenticator, Step Two on the Mac App Store, steptwo.app and 1Password’s pricing.

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