HALO Identity

HALO is a system of components for implementing decentralized identity designed around privacy, security, and collaboration requirements.

• The HALO application is a software wallet that contains user identities, secrets (i.e.: private keys), other credentials.
• The HALO SDK is part of the DXOS client library and provides user authentication, identity, and contact management capabilities.
• The HALO protocol supports the verification, transport, and exchange of identity information between networked peers.

The HALO application also acts as a secure vault where all ECHO data is physically stored on behalf of the user and their applications. Read more about local vault topology.

Features

• Public/private key-pair authentication mechanism integrated into ECHO
• Passwordless log in
• Local-first credentials and key storage
• Multi-device synchronization of identities, credentials, ECHO spaces
• Paper-key identity recovery

Establishing user identity

There are three ways a user can establish their identity (login) with HALO on any given device.

1. Create a new identity
2. Use an identity from another device
3. Recover an identity using a seed phrase

Open https://halo.dxos.org and you will be guided through the options.

Next steps

How to read the HALO identity in code:

• Use the useIdentity hook in react
• Use the client.halo.profile field in TypeScript