NextBiometrics NB-2020-U (nb1010)

Status: Merged upstream (libfprint MR !569, merged 2026-07-02)

Device ID(s): 298d:2020

This driver is now merged into upstream libfprint (git master). It is not in older released libfprint, so build from libfprint git (or wait for the first release/distro package that includes it) to get it. Entry kept for people still on an older libfprint.

Upstream merge request

• libfprint MR !569 (merged 2026-07-02): https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/-/merge_requests/569
• Author: Sebastian van de Meer (@Kernel-Error)

What it does

New nb1010 driver for the NextBiometrics NB-2020-U reader.

How to use it

The code lives in the merge request, not in this repo. To try it, check out the MR's source branch of libfprint and build from source (see docs/BUILD.md for the shared build, install, PAM and troubleshooting steps), or follow any instructions in the MR discussion.

# fetch the MR branch into a libfprint checkout, e.g.
git fetch https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint.git \
  merge-requests/569/head:mr-569
git checkout mr-569

Tested on

Not documented.

License

Part of libfprint (LGPL-2.1).