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CLUSTER FINGERPRINT-READER-LINUX · 19 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2019-01-27

Linux fingerprint reader drivers

This cluster consists of Linux drivers, libraries, and utilities enabling fingerprint authentication on specific hardware such as Goodix, EgisTech, Elan, UPEK, ThinkPad, and Dell models. Entries appear sporadically from 2010 through 2026, with an isolated entry in 2010, a long gap until 2019, then intermittent releases and occasional months with two entries. The traction leaders, focaltech-spi-dkms, Enroll, and libfprint-goodix-55a2, each show zero stars, indicating limited community adoption.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2010: 1JAN 2019: 1APR 2019: 1JUN 2020: 1AUG 2020: 1NOV 2020: 1OCT 2021: 2MAR 2023: 2DEC 2023: 1MAY 2024: 1SEP 2024: 1MAR 2025: 1JUL 2025: 2AUG 2025: 1AUG 2026: 2
AUG 2010AUG 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 5 hand-coded · 14 unlabelled

Operator · 19 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 19 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01Enroll0★19 dayslivehand-codedopen sourceA fingerprint management utility that lets users register, verify, and delete fingerprint authentication records for system accounts.
  2. 02libfprint-goodix-55a20★1 moliveopen sourceLibrary providing fingerprint reader support for Goodix hardware, enabling authentication on Linux systems.
  3. 03thinkfinger0★2 molivehand-codedopen sourceDriver for the fingerprint reader in ThinkPad laptops that enables biometric authentication.
  4. 04libfprint-2-tod1-broadcom0★2 moliveopen sourceProprietary driver that enables the Dell Latitude 7300 fingerprint reader to work on Linux.
  5. 05focaltech-spi-dkms0★1 moliveopen sourceKernel driver that enables fingerprint reader hardware to function on Linux systems.
  6. 06libfprint-tod0★3 moliveopen sourceLibrary for fingerprint readers, providing developer tools for biometric authentication.
  7. 07libfprint-2-tod1-broadcom-cv3plus0★4 moliveopen sourceProprietary driver that enables the Dell ControlVault3 Plus fingerprint reader to work on Linux.
  8. 08libfprint-2-tod1-elan0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceProvides a proprietary fingerprint reader driver for Elan hardware on Lenovo E14 Gen 4 laptops.
  9. 09libfprint-goodix-521d0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary providing fingerprint reader support for Goodix hardware, enabling authentication on Linux systems.
  10. 10libfprint-goodix-60c20★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary providing fingerprint reader support for Goodix hardware, enabling authentication on Linux systems.
  11. 11libfprint-10★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary that provides fingerprint reader support on Linux systems.
  12. 12libfprint-00★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceLibrary that provides fingerprint reader support on Linux systems.
  13. 13libfprint-2-tod1-goodix-v20★11 mostaleliveopen sourceProvides a proprietary fingerprint reader driver for Goodix hardware sourced from Ubuntu launchpad.
  14. 14libfprint-goodix-53xc0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary providing fingerprint reader support for Goodix hardware, enabling authentication on Linux systems.
  15. 15libfprint-2-tod1-xps9300-bin0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceProvides a proprietary fingerprint reader driver for Goodix hardware on Dell XPS 13 9300 laptops.
  16. 16libfprint-2-tod1-goodix0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceProvides a proprietary fingerprint reader driver for Goodix hardware on Lenovo E14 Gen 4 laptops.
  17. 17fprintd-vfs_proprietary0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceSystem service enabling fingerprint readers to work on Linux desktops through a proprietary plugin.
  18. 18libfprint-egis-05750★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary providing driver support for EgisTech fingerprint readers.
  19. 19fingerprint-gui0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceGraphical tool that enables fingerprint authentication for supported readers, including UPEK devices.

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