Authy

Authy is a two-factor authentication (2FA) product originally built by Authy Inc. and acquired by Twilio in 2015. It provided a consumer authenticator app (TOTP soft tokens, encrypted cloud backup, and multi-device sync) alongside a developer-facing Authy API for one-time passwords over SMS and voice, soft tokens, and push authentication. Twilio has since folded the Authy developer API into the Twilio Verify API, deprecated and archived the first-party Authy client SDKs, and discontinued the Authy desktop applications in 2024. The consumer Authy mobile app remains available. New integrations are directed to Twilio Verify. This profile was surfaced as a portfolio-company lead and is enriched here from Authy's remaining public surface (marketing site, archived GitHub organization, and deprecated SDK registries).

Authy is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Authentication, Two-Factor Authentication, 2FA, and Identity.

Authy’s developer surface includes documentation, support, and 7 more developer resources.

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12.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

0 APIs

CompanyAuthenticationTwo-Factor Authentication2FAIdentitySecurityOne-Time PasswordTOTPVerificationPush Authentication

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 12.4/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Deprecation

Deprecation

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: authy
name: Authy
description: Authy is a two-factor authentication (2FA) product originally built by Authy Inc. and acquired by Twilio in 2015.
  It provided a consumer authenticator app (TOTP soft tokens, encrypted cloud backup, and multi-device sync) alongside a developer-facing
  Authy API for one-time passwords over SMS and voice, soft tokens, and push authentication. Twilio has since folded the Authy
  developer API into the Twilio Verify API, deprecated and archived the first-party Authy client SDKs, and discontinued the
  Authy desktop applications in 2024. The consumer Authy mobile app remains available. New integrations are directed to Twilio
  Verify. This profile was surfaced as a portfolio-company lead and is enriched here from Authy's remaining public surface
  (marketing site, archived GitHub organization, and deprecated SDK registries).
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/authy/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- dcvc
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/109142?v=4
tags:
- Company
- Authentication
- Two-Factor Authentication
- 2FA
- Identity
- Security
- One-Time Password
- TOTP
- Verification
- Push Authentication
apis: []
common:
- url: https://www.authy.com
  type: Website
- url: https://www.twilio.com/en-us/user-authentication-identity/verify
  type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/twilio
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://help.twilio.com
  type: Support
- url: packages/authy-packages.yml
  type: Packages
- url: packages/authy-packages.yml
  type: SDKs
- url: lifecycle/authy-lifecycle.yml
  type: Lifecycle
- url: lifecycle/authy-lifecycle.yml
  type: Deprecation
- url: security/authy-domain-security.yml
  type: DomainSecurity
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence