steamguard-cli

A linux utility for setting up and using Steam Mobile Authenticator (AKA Steam 2FA) on the command line. This utility is in beta.

Disclaimer

Use this software at your own risk.

Prerequisites

These packages are required to build and run steamguard-cli.

mono-complete
nuget
make

Building

Downloading as .zip will not work because submodules are used. You must clone the repository.

Linux

Building on Linux is very simple. Make sure you have all the prerequisites listed above.

git clone --recursive https://github.com/dyc3/steamguard-cli.git
cd steamguard-cli
make

To run the current build:

build/steamguard

To run the current build quickly:

make run

Windows

Coming soon...

Installation

To install the latest version on Debian-based systems, download the package from the releases section and type

sudo dpkg --install steamguard-cli_x.x.x.x-x.deb

To install after building from source, run:

sudo make install

Usage

steamguard-cli looks for your maFiles folder in the current user's home directory (eg. ~/maFiles/). Your maFiles can be created with Steam Desktop Authenticator. You can create maFiles with steamguard-cli using the setup action (steamguard setup).

REMEMBER TO MAKE BACKUPS OF YOUR maFiles, AND TO WRITE DOWN YOUR RECOVERY CODE!

Arguments

usage: steamguard (action) (steam username) -v -h

  -h, --help                Display this help message.
  -v, --verbose             Display some extra information when the program is running.
  -m, --mafiles-path        Specify which folder your maFiles are in. Ex: ~/maFiles

Actions:
  generate-code             Generate a Steam Guard code for the specified user (if any) and exit. (default)
  encrypt                   Encrypt your maFiles or change your encryption passkey.
  decrypt                   Remove encryption from your maFiles.
  code                      Same as generate-code
  2fa                       Same as generate-code
  add                       Set up Steam Guard for 2 factor authentication.
  setup                     Same as add

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