Biopass - An alternative to Howdy

Biopass

Modern multi-modal biometric login for Linux

A fast, secure, and privacy-focused biometric recognition module for Linux desktops supporting face and fingerprint.

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Why Biopass?

While Windows Hello provides a seamless multi-modal biometric experience (Face, Fingerprint, PIN) on Windows 11, Linux has historically lacked a modern, unified equivalent. The most well-known project in this space, Howdy, focuses exclusively on facial recognition and has not seen significant updates in recent years.

Biopass was developed by @phucvinh57 and @thaitran24 to fill this gap, providing a fast, secure, and modern biometric suite that goes beyond just face ID.

Comparison

Feature	Biopass	Howdy
Modalities	Face + Fingerprint	Face only
User Interface	Modern GUI for management	Command-line interface only
Configuration	GUI	Manual
Face Anti-spoofing	IR camera + Embedded AI model	IR camera only

Installation

• Debian and RPM package: https://github.com/TickLabVN/biopass/releases
• AUR package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/biopass-bin

System sign-in setup is manual on all Linux distributions: docs/PAM.md

Features

• Authentication: User can register multiple biometrics for authentication. Authentication methods can be executed in parallel or sequentially.
  • Face:
    • Recognition
    • Anti-spoofing
      • By AI model
      • By IR camera (please read IR camera guide)
  • Fingerprint
  • Voice: recognition + anti-spoofing (we are discussing about it in https://github.com/TickLabVN/biopass/discussions/62)
• Local AI model management: User can download, update, and delete AI models for face and voice authentication methods.

Feel free to request new features or report bugs by opening an issue. For contributing, please read CONTRIBUTING.md.

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