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The project aims to:

- Allow applications to create, store, and retrieve credentials in a standardized way across Linux desktop environments
- Implement FIDO2 platform functionality on Linux, allowing the use of [Passkeys][passkeys], FIDO2 and FIDO U2F credentials on hardware security keys, TPMs, and phones
- Allow applications to create, store, and retrieve credentials in a standardized way across Linux desktop environments.
- Provide APIs for credentials and secrets management to sandboxed applications.
- Implement FIDO2 platform functionality on Linux, allowing the use of [Passkeys][passkeys], FIDO2 and FIDO U2F credentials on hardware security keys, TPMs, and phones.
- Allow integration with third-party credential providers.

For more information, see:
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- Similarly to [xdg-desktop-portal][xdg-desktop-portal] and [xdg-documents-portal][xdg-documents-portal], the service is intended to be accessed over a proposed D-Bus portal

- **[oo7][oo7]**: A collection of services and libraries around managing secrets, including Secret portal and Secret Service implementations, with an emphasis on segmenting secrets access between sandboxed applications.

## Motivation

- **Sandboxed Browsers**. A modern solutions is required to allow sandboxed applications (Flatpaks, Snaps) to access U2F and FIDO2 devices, without granting blanket access to all devices.
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[passkeys]: https://fidoalliance.org/passkeys/
[blog-1]: https://alfioemanuele.io/dev/2024/01/31/a-vision-for-passkeys-on-the-linux-desktop.html
[matrix]: https://matrix.to/#/#credentials-for-linux:matrix.org
[oo7]: https://github.com/linux-credentials/oo7