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Tencent/soter

A secure and quick biometric authentication standard and platform in Android held by Tencent. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Tencent/soter · Java · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

53/100

  • Activity 54
  • Release rhythm 26
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 186.0
  • age_days: 3333
  • days_rel: 280
  • days_push: 280
  • n_releases_24m: 3

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2025 stars · 214 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

TENCENT SOTER is a biometric authentication standard and platform for Android, developed by Tencent and used in WeChat fingerprint payment. It enables trusted fingerprint and face authentication on Android devices without ever accessing the user's fingerprint pattern.

Use cases

  • add fingerprint authentication to an android app
  • implement biometric payment authorization like wechat pay
  • verify user identity with fingerprint without collecting fingerprint data
  • add face recognition login on supported android devices
  • secure in-app transactions with biometric keys

When to choose

  • building an Android app that needs hardware-backed biometric authentication
  • you want WeChat-grade fingerprint payment security on supported devices
  • you need a standard that works across many Android vendors without touching raw fingerprint data

When to avoid

  • targeting iOS or non-Android platforms
  • your devices are not on the Soter supported model list
  • you only need simple local biometric prompts covered by Android's built-in BiometricPrompt API

Facets

library · maturity active

auth cryptography security sdk mobile-development security fintech jvm biometric-authentication fingerprint face-recognition mobile-payments tencent android

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
Tencent/sotermain53

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