expo-local-authentication

v13.8.0

Provides an API for FaceID and TouchID (iOS) or the Fingerprint API (Android) to authenticate the user with a face or fingerprint scan. For more information about how to use this package see README

Latest version published 5 months ago

License: MIT

NPM

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Package Health Score

89 / 100

security
No known security issues
popularity
Popular
maintenance
Healthy
community
Active

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Security

No known security issues

All security vulnerabilities belong to production dependencies of direct and indirect packages.

Security and license risk for significant versions

All Versions

Version				Vulnerabilities	License Risk
13.8.0	\|	11/2023	Popular	0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L
13.7.0	\|	10/2023		0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L
12.3.0	\|	07/2022		0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L
11.1.1	\|	06/2021		0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L
11.0.2	\|	04/2021		0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L

License

MIT

Security Policy

Yes

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Popularity

Popular

Weekly Downloads (50,224)

GitHub Stars: 28.86K
Forks: 4.62K
Contributors: 410

Direct Usage Popularity

The npm package expo-local-authentication receives a total of 50,224 downloads a week. As such, we scored expo-local-authentication popularity level to be Popular.

Based on project statistics from the GitHub repository for the npm package expo-local-authentication, we found that it has been starred 28,862 times.

Downloads are calculated as moving averages for a period of the last 12 months, excluding weekends and known missing data points.

Community

Active

Readme.md: Yes
Contributing.md: Yes
Code of Conduct: No
Contributors: 410
Funding: No

A good and healthy external contribution signal for expo-local-authentication project, which invites more than one hundred open source maintainers to collaborate on the repository.

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Maintenance

Healthy

Commit Frequency

Open Issues: 403
Open PR: 274
Last Release: 5 months ago
Last Commit: 3 days ago

Further analysis of the maintenance status of expo-local-authentication based on released npm versions cadence, the repository activity, and other data points determined that its maintenance is Healthy.

We found that expo-local-authentication demonstrates a positive version release cadence with at least one new version released in the past 12 months.

As a healthy sign for on-going project maintenance, we found that the GitHub repository had at least 1 pull request or issue interacted with by the community.

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Package

Node.js Compatibility: not defined

Age: 6 years
Dependencies: 1 Direct
Versions: 82
Install Size: 71.8 kB
Dist-tags: 4
# of Files: 37
Maintainers: 31
TS Typings: Yes

expo-local-authentication has more than a single and default latest tag published for the npm package. This means, there may be other tags available for this package, such as next to indicate future releases, or stable to indicate stable releases.

Not sure how to use expo-local-authentication?

To help you get started, we've collected the most common ways that expo-local-authentication is being used within popular public projects.

janaagaard75 / expo-and-typescript / src / LocalAuthenticationScreen.tsx View on Github

private async updateState() {
    this.setState({
      hasHardware: await LocalAuthentication.hasHardwareAsync()
    });
  }
}

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Provides an API for FaceID and TouchID (iOS) or the Fingerprint API (Android) to authenticate the user with a face or fingerprint scan.

API documentation

Installation in managed Expo projects

For managed Expo projects, please follow the installation instructions in the API documentation for the latest stable release.

Installation in bare React Native projects

For bare React Native projects, you must ensure that you have installed and configured the expo package before continuing.

Add the package to your npm dependencies

npx expo install expo-local-authentication

Configure for iOS

Run npx pod-install after installing the npm package.

Add NSFaceIDUsageDescription to your Info.plist:

NSFaceIDUsageDescription
Allow $(PRODUCT_NAME) to use FaceID

Configure for Android

No additional set up necessary.

This module requires permissions to access the biometric data for authentication purposes. The USE_BIOMETRIC and USE_FINGERPRINT permissions are automatically added.

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome! Please refer to guidelines described in the contributing guide.

expo-local-authentication dependencies

invariant

expo-local-authentication development dependencies

expo-module-scripts

FAQs

What is expo-local-authentication?

Provides an API for FaceID and TouchID (iOS) or the Fingerprint API (Android) to authenticate the user with a face or f... Visit Snyk Advisor to see a full health score report for expo-local-authentication, including popularity, security, maintenance & community analysis.

Is expo-local-authentication popular?

The npm package expo-local-authentication receives a total of 50,224 weekly downloads. As such, expo-local-authentication popularity was classified as a popular. Visit the popularity section on Snyk Advisor to see the full health analysis.

Is expo-local-authentication well maintained?

We found that expo-local-authentication demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity. It has a community of 410 open source contributors collaborating on the project. See the full package health analysis to learn more about the package maintenance status.

Is expo-local-authentication safe to use?

The npm package expo-local-authentication was scanned for known vulnerabilities and missing license, and no issues were found. Thus the package was deemed as safe to use. See the full health analysis review.

Last updated on 19 April-2024, at 01:17 (UTC).

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