Signing in without a keyboard — the Device Authorization Grant

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

We have all been there: a fresh smart TV, a shiny streaming box, and a login screen that wants an email address and a password — one painful letter at a time, hunting across an on-screen keyboard with a remote control. It is slow, it is error-prone, and typing a real password that way feels wrong the moment you start.

The web already solved this problem, and with Uitsmijter 0.11 the solution comes to your own SSO: the OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant (RFC 8628), often just called the device flow.

Device Flow on Uitsmijter

Signing in without a keyboard — the Device Authorization Grant