# naoufal/react-native-touch-id

React Native authentication with the native Touch ID popup.

Repository: https://github.com/naoufal/react-native-touch-id
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-native-touch-id
Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-touch-id
Language: Java
License Family: other
Topics: react-native, touchid, apple
Last push: 2024-08-09T01:30:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4109, "days_push": 755, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1527, forks 467 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:58.375452+00:00)

## What it is
A React Native library for authenticating users via biometric authentication, showing the native Touch ID / Face ID popup on iOS and experimental fingerprint support on Android. It is no longer actively maintained, with expo-local-authentication suggested as an alternative.

## Use cases
- authenticate users with touch id in react native app
- add face id login to react native
- biometric authentication for react native
- show native fingerprint prompt on android
- lock app behind biometrics
- passcode fallback authentication in react native

## When to choose
- you need biometric auth in a legacy React Native project pinned to an older React Native version
- you want a simple native Touch ID popup without Expo

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - use expo-local-authentication instead
- you need actively maintained biometric support on latest React Native
- you need Android biometric support beyond experimental quality

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: auth, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, security
- platform: -
- tags: react-native, biometric-authentication, touch-id, face-id, fingerprint, ios, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- naoufal/react-native-touch-id (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.375452+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:31:34.218524+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/naoufal/react-native-touch-id (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.375452+00:00, sha 44155d6723d9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.