Steam's official mobile app's been busted for me for a bit now- Steam Guard's still working on it, but market authentication isn't. (Valve Quality™)

Steam Desktop Authenticator is listing as unsupported/no longer updating as of 2024, but all the other services appear to have gone under a decade or so ago. Is SDA still a working/the best option for PC authentication? Or is there a safe, more recent fork to consider? Or some other alternative? An alternative other than kidnapping Gaben and forcing him to make Valve complete a single Steam feature to fully working/full QoL condition or complete a single game series or even just complete hiring a basic support team, I mean. Though, here's a little something fun related to that topic.

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What's the best option to go with?

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Steam Desktop Authenticator
Other authenticator, that'll be mentioned in a comment (Older ones like SteamAuth, WinAuth)
Other authenticator, that'll be mentioned in a comment (Something newer)
Being patient until the market at some point inevitably lets the items get posted anyway
Using a bot-run card selling service instead
Pelting Gaben with potatoes. And possibly also with combustible lemons.

WinAuth's function for confirming trades/market listing has stopped working. I'm using ASF (Archi's Steam Farm). I'm not sure about the best option, but this seems to work.

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Oh, I forgot ASF had that function. Looks like it's still being updated, as well.
Would ASF-win-x64.zip be the only release file I'd need to download, then?
And any advice on the initial configuration process for me to keep in mind?

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You will also need to install one of the .NET frameworks and Visual C++ Redistributable (see third link below).

As for advice on initial config process, Archi made a Wiki on the GitHub that explains everything.
https://github.com/JustArchiNET/ArchiSteamFarm/wiki
https://github.com/JustArchiNET/ArchiSteamFarm/wiki/Two-factor-authentication
https://github.com/JustArchiNET/ArchiSteamFarm/wiki/Setting-up

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Aren't the .NET frameworks and Visual C++ Redistributable installed by default in a Windows 10? I don't remember having to install them, maybe they were included alongside some game installations on Steam.

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Yes, that's the only file you'd need to download.
It's a bit complicated at the start to set it up, I had help from someone and it still took me 1 hour to set it up. There is a whole page to help with that https://github.com/JustArchiNET/ArchiSteamFarm/wiki/Setting-up . This is the tool that helps for a fast setup https://justarchinet.github.io/ASF-WebConfigGenerator/#/ .

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I haven't found a reliable alternative to SDA yet either.
steamguard-cli has been proposed several times, but it looks much more complicated to use.

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Fo my main account I use joint authenticator

I can get codes from both offical steam app, SDA and ASF. Usually confirm stuff from ASF and use mobile when I want to login to steam from outside my home.

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