diff --git a/.idea/neoban.iml b/.idea/neoban.iml
index a0063c6..cdb1fe4 100644
--- a/.idea/neoban.iml
+++ b/.idea/neoban.iml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/ai" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/framework" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/pail" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/pint" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/prompts" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/sanctum" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/serializable-closure" />
@@ -139,6 +138,11 @@
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/webmozart/assert" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/storage/app" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/storage/framework" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/bacon/bacon-qr-code" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/dasprid/enum" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/fortify" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/paragonie/constant_time_encoding" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/backend/vendor/pragmarx/google2fa" />
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
diff --git a/.idea/php.xml b/.idea/php.xml
index 480cdc8..4bfd474 100644
--- a/.idea/php.xml
+++ b/.idea/php.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
+  <component name="LaravelPint">
+    <laravel_pint_settings>
+      <LaravelPintConfiguration tool_path="$PROJECT_DIR$/../.config/composer/vendor/bin/pint" />
+    </laravel_pint_settings>
+  </component>
   <component name="MessDetectorOptionsConfiguration">
     <option name="transferred" value="true" />
   </component>
@@ -10,6 +15,9 @@
     <option name="highlightLevel" value="WARNING" />
     <option name="transferred" value="true" />
   </component>
+  <component name="PhpExternalFormatter">
+    <option name="externalFormatter" value="LARAVEL_PINT" />
+  </component>
   <component name="PhpIncludePathManager">
     <include_path>
       <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/nikic/php-parser" />
@@ -50,7 +58,6 @@
       <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/prompts" />
       <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/framework" />
       <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/graham-campbell/result-type" />
-      <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/pint" />
       <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/ta-tikoma/phpunit-architecture-test" />
       <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/doctrine/deprecations" />
       <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/psr/container" />
@@ -141,6 +148,11 @@
       <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/ai" />
       <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/aws/aws-sdk-php" />
       <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/aws/aws-crt-php" />
+      <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/laravel/fortify" />
+      <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/dasprid/enum" />
+      <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/paragonie/constant_time_encoding" />
+      <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/pragmarx/google2fa" />
+      <path value="$PROJECT_DIR$/backend/vendor/bacon/bacon-qr-code" />
     </include_path>
   </component>
   <component name="PhpProjectSharedConfiguration" php_language_level="8.3">
diff --git a/backend/.env.example b/backend/.env.example
index 60309a7..0b134d1 100644
--- a/backend/.env.example
+++ b/backend/.env.example
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ APP_ENV=local
 APP_KEY=
 APP_DEBUG=true
 APP_URL=http://localhost
+FRONTEND_URL="http://localhost:4200,http://127.0.0.1:4200"
 
 APP_LOCALE=en
 APP_FALLBACK_LOCALE=en
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ SESSION_DRIVER=database
 SESSION_LIFETIME=120
 SESSION_ENCRYPT=false
 SESSION_PATH=/
-SESSION_DOMAIN=null
+SESSION_DOMAIN=localhost
 
 BROADCAST_CONNECTION=log
 FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
diff --git a/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/CreateNewUser.php b/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/CreateNewUser.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee2d712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/CreateNewUser.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Actions\Fortify;
+
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
+use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
+use Laravel\Fortify\Contracts\CreatesNewUsers;
+
+class CreateNewUser implements CreatesNewUsers
+{
+    use PasswordValidationRules;
+
+    /**
+     * Validate and create a newly registered user.
+     *
+     * @param  array<string, string>  $input
+     *
+     * @throws ValidationException
+     */
+    public function create(array $input): User
+    {
+        Validator::make($input, [
+            'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
+            'email' => [
+                'required',
+                'string',
+                'email',
+                'max:255',
+                Rule::unique(User::class),
+            ],
+            'password' => $this->passwordRules(),
+        ])->validate();
+
+        return User::create([
+            'name' => $input['name'],
+            'email' => $input['email'],
+            'password' => Hash::make($input['password']),
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/PasswordValidationRules.php b/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/PasswordValidationRules.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3678865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/PasswordValidationRules.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Actions\Fortify;
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Rule;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Rules\Password;
+
+trait PasswordValidationRules
+{
+    /**
+     * Get the validation rules used to validate passwords.
+     *
+     * @return array<int, Rule|array<mixed>|string>
+     */
+    protected function passwordRules(): array
+    {
+        return ['required', 'string', Password::default(), 'confirmed'];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/ResetUserPassword.php b/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/ResetUserPassword.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..667651f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/ResetUserPassword.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Actions\Fortify;
+
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
+use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
+use Laravel\Fortify\Contracts\ResetsUserPasswords;
+
+class ResetUserPassword implements ResetsUserPasswords
+{
+    use PasswordValidationRules;
+
+    /**
+     * Validate and reset the user's forgotten password.
+     *
+     * @param  array<string, string>  $input
+     *
+     * @throws ValidationException
+     */
+    public function reset(User $user, array $input): void
+    {
+        Validator::make($input, [
+            'password' => $this->passwordRules(),
+        ])->validate();
+
+        $user->forceFill([
+            'password' => Hash::make($input['password']),
+        ])->save();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/UpdateUserPassword.php b/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/UpdateUserPassword.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a0306d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/UpdateUserPassword.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Actions\Fortify;
+
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
+use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
+use Laravel\Fortify\Contracts\UpdatesUserPasswords;
+
+class UpdateUserPassword implements UpdatesUserPasswords
+{
+    use PasswordValidationRules;
+
+    /**
+     * Validate and update the user's password.
+     *
+     * @param  array<string, string>  $input
+     *
+     * @throws ValidationException
+     */
+    public function update(User $user, array $input): void
+    {
+        Validator::make($input, [
+            'current_password' => ['required', 'string', 'current_password:web'],
+            'password' => $this->passwordRules(),
+        ], [
+            'current_password.current_password' => __('The provided password does not match your current password.'),
+        ])->validateWithBag('updatePassword');
+
+        $user->forceFill([
+            'password' => Hash::make($input['password']),
+        ])->save();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/UpdateUserProfileInformation.php b/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/UpdateUserProfileInformation.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62f58fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/Actions/Fortify/UpdateUserProfileInformation.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Actions\Fortify;
+
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
+use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
+use Laravel\Fortify\Contracts\UpdatesUserProfileInformation;
+
+class UpdateUserProfileInformation implements UpdatesUserProfileInformation
+{
+    /**
+     * Validate and update the given user's profile information.
+     *
+     * @param  array<string, string>  $input
+     *
+     * @throws ValidationException
+     */
+    public function update(User $user, array $input): void
+    {
+        Validator::make($input, [
+            'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
+
+            'email' => [
+                'required',
+                'string',
+                'email',
+                'max:255',
+                Rule::unique('users')->ignore($user->id),
+            ],
+        ])->validateWithBag('updateProfileInformation');
+
+        if ($input['email'] !== $user->email &&
+            $user instanceof MustVerifyEmail) {
+            $this->updateVerifiedUser($user, $input);
+        } else {
+            $user->forceFill([
+                'name' => $input['name'],
+                'email' => $input['email'],
+            ])->save();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update the given verified user's profile information.
+     *
+     * @param  array<string, string>  $input
+     */
+    protected function updateVerifiedUser(User $user, array $input): void
+    {
+        $user->forceFill([
+            'name' => $input['name'],
+            'email' => $input['email'],
+            'email_verified_at' => null,
+        ])->save();
+
+        $user->sendEmailVerificationNotification();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/app/Http/Controllers/SocialMediaPostController.php b/backend/app/Http/Controllers/SocialMediaPostController.php
index b76e924..aa708a6 100644
--- a/backend/app/Http/Controllers/SocialMediaPostController.php
+++ b/backend/app/Http/Controllers/SocialMediaPostController.php
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 use App\Http\Requests\SocialMediaPostRequest;
 use App\Services\SocialMediaService;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
+use Illuminate\Routing\Attributes\Controllers\Middleware;
 
+#[Middleware('auth:sanctum')]
 class SocialMediaPostController extends Controller
 {
     /**
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ public function generate(
     ): JsonResponse {
         $prompt = $request->input('prompt');
         $response = $socialMediaService->generatePostWithImage($prompt);
+
         return response()->json([
             'post' => $response->post,
             'image_prompt' => $response->image,
diff --git a/backend/app/Models/User.php b/backend/app/Models/User.php
index 31c83fa..4e71ebe 100644
--- a/backend/app/Models/User.php
+++ b/backend/app/Models/User.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 class User extends Authenticatable
 {
     /** @use HasFactory<UserFactory> */
-    use HasFactory, Notifiable, HasApiTokens;
+    use HasApiTokens, HasFactory, Notifiable;
 
     /**
      * Get the attributes that should be cast.
diff --git a/backend/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/backend/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index 452e6b6..f1525e9 100644
--- a/backend/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/backend/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 namespace App\Providers;
 
+use Carbon\CarbonImmutable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Date;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Rules\Password;
 
 class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
@@ -19,6 +23,28 @@ public function register(): void
      */
     public function boot(): void
     {
-        //
+        $this->configureDefaults();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Configure default behaviors for production-ready applications.
+     */
+    protected function configureDefaults(): void
+    {
+        Date::use(CarbonImmutable::class);
+
+        DB::prohibitDestructiveCommands(
+            app()->isProduction(),
+        );
+
+        Password::defaults(fn (): ?Password => app()->isProduction()
+            ? Password::min(12)
+                ->mixedCase()
+                ->letters()
+                ->numbers()
+                ->symbols()
+                ->uncompromised()
+            : null,
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend/app/Providers/FortifyServiceProvider.php b/backend/app/Providers/FortifyServiceProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..004ced4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/Providers/FortifyServiceProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Providers;
+
+use App\Actions\Fortify\CreateNewUser;
+use App\Actions\Fortify\ResetUserPassword;
+use App\Actions\Fortify\UpdateUserPassword;
+use App\Actions\Fortify\UpdateUserProfileInformation;
+use Illuminate\Cache\RateLimiting\Limit;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\RateLimiter;
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
+use Laravel\Fortify\Actions\RedirectIfTwoFactorAuthenticatable;
+use Laravel\Fortify\Fortify;
+
+class FortifyServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    /**
+     * Register any application services.
+     */
+    public function register(): void
+    {
+        //
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Bootstrap any application services.
+     */
+    public function boot(): void
+    {
+        Fortify::createUsersUsing(CreateNewUser::class);
+        Fortify::updateUserProfileInformationUsing(UpdateUserProfileInformation::class);
+        Fortify::updateUserPasswordsUsing(UpdateUserPassword::class);
+        Fortify::resetUserPasswordsUsing(ResetUserPassword::class);
+        Fortify::redirectUserForTwoFactorAuthenticationUsing(RedirectIfTwoFactorAuthenticatable::class);
+
+        RateLimiter::for('login', function (Request $request) {
+            $throttleKey = Str::transliterate(Str::lower($request->input(Fortify::username())).'|'.$request->ip());
+
+            return Limit::perMinute(5)->by($throttleKey);
+        });
+
+        RateLimiter::for('two-factor', function (Request $request) {
+            return Limit::perMinute(5)->by($request->session()->get('login.id'));
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/bootstrap/app.php b/backend/bootstrap/app.php
index c3928c5..ea0d646 100644
--- a/backend/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/backend/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -12,8 +12,15 @@
         health: '/up',
     )
     ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware): void {
-        //
+        $middleware->statefulApi();
     })
     ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions): void {
-        //
+        $exceptions->shouldRenderJsonWhen(function (Request $request, Throwable $e) {
+            // Force JSON for all API routes AND Fortify authentication routes
+            if ($request->is('api/*') || $request->is('register') || $request->is('login') || $request->is('logout')) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return $request->expectsJson();
+        });
     })->create();
diff --git a/backend/bootstrap/providers.php b/backend/bootstrap/providers.php
index fc94ae6..5ffd769 100644
--- a/backend/bootstrap/providers.php
+++ b/backend/bootstrap/providers.php
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 
 use App\Providers\AppServiceProvider;
+use App\Providers\FortifyServiceProvider;
 
 return [
     AppServiceProvider::class,
+    FortifyServiceProvider::class,
 ];
diff --git a/backend/composer.json b/backend/composer.json
index 699e102..6c680c0 100644
--- a/backend/composer.json
+++ b/backend/composer.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.3",
         "laravel/ai": "^0.6.3",
+        "laravel/fortify": "^1.36",
         "laravel/framework": "^13.0",
         "laravel/sanctum": "^4.0",
         "laravel/tinker": "^3.0"
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@
     "require-dev": {
         "fakerphp/faker": "^1.23",
         "laravel/pail": "^1.2.5",
-        "laravel/pint": "^1.27",
         "mockery/mockery": "^1.6",
         "nunomaduro/collision": "^8.6",
         "pestphp/pest": "^4.6",
diff --git a/backend/composer.lock b/backend/composer.lock
index 9c7fe5c..0efcfc3 100644
--- a/backend/composer.lock
+++ b/backend/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "31337405f959f523455e59893a55ca54",
+    "content-hash": "ce000f2979a5d252cefadab87899a5fc",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "aws/aws-crt-php",
@@ -157,6 +157,61 @@
             },
             "time": "2026-04-23T18:11:11+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "bacon/bacon-qr-code",
+            "version": "v3.1.1",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/Bacon/BaconQrCode.git",
+                "reference": "4da2233e72eeecd9be3b62e0dc2cc9ed8e2e31c2"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Bacon/BaconQrCode/zipball/4da2233e72eeecd9be3b62e0dc2cc9ed8e2e31c2",
+                "reference": "4da2233e72eeecd9be3b62e0dc2cc9ed8e2e31c2",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "dasprid/enum": "^1.0.3",
+                "ext-iconv": "*",
+                "php": "^8.1"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "phly/keep-a-changelog": "^2.12",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.5.11 || ^11.0.4",
+                "spatie/phpunit-snapshot-assertions": "^5.1.5",
+                "spatie/pixelmatch-php": "^1.2.0",
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.9"
+            },
+            "suggest": {
+                "ext-imagick": "to generate QR code images"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "BaconQrCode\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "BSD-2-Clause"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Ben Scholzen 'DASPRiD'",
+                    "email": "mail@dasprids.de",
+                    "homepage": "https://dasprids.de/",
+                    "role": "Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "BaconQrCode is a QR code generator for PHP.",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/Bacon/BaconQrCode",
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/Bacon/BaconQrCode/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/Bacon/BaconQrCode/tree/v3.1.1"
+            },
+            "time": "2026-04-05T21:06:35+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "brick/math",
             "version": "0.14.8",
@@ -286,6 +341,56 @@
             ],
             "time": "2024-02-09T16:56:22+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "dasprid/enum",
+            "version": "1.0.7",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/DASPRiD/Enum.git",
+                "reference": "b5874fa9ed0043116c72162ec7f4fb50e02e7cce"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/DASPRiD/Enum/zipball/b5874fa9ed0043116c72162ec7f4fb50e02e7cce",
+                "reference": "b5874fa9ed0043116c72162ec7f4fb50e02e7cce",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=7.1 <9.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^7 || ^8 || ^9 || ^10 || ^11",
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "*"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "DASPRiD\\Enum\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "BSD-2-Clause"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Ben Scholzen 'DASPRiD'",
+                    "email": "mail@dasprids.de",
+                    "homepage": "https://dasprids.de/",
+                    "role": "Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "PHP 7.1 enum implementation",
+            "keywords": [
+                "enum",
+                "map"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/DASPRiD/Enum/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/DASPRiD/Enum/tree/1.0.7"
+            },
+            "time": "2025-09-16T12:23:56+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "dflydev/dot-access-data",
             "version": "v3.0.3",
@@ -1272,6 +1377,69 @@
             },
             "time": "2026-04-22T21:16:19+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "laravel/fortify",
+            "version": "v1.36.2",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/laravel/fortify.git",
+                "reference": "b36e0782e6f5f6cfbab34327895a63b7c4c031f9"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/fortify/zipball/b36e0782e6f5f6cfbab34327895a63b7c4c031f9",
+                "reference": "b36e0782e6f5f6cfbab34327895a63b7c4c031f9",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "bacon/bacon-qr-code": "^3.0",
+                "ext-json": "*",
+                "illuminate/console": "^10.0|^11.0|^12.0|^13.0",
+                "illuminate/support": "^10.0|^11.0|^12.0|^13.0",
+                "php": "^8.1",
+                "pragmarx/google2fa": "^9.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "orchestra/testbench": "^8.36|^9.15|^10.8|^11.0",
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.10"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "laravel": {
+                    "providers": [
+                        "Laravel\\Fortify\\FortifyServiceProvider"
+                    ]
+                },
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-master": "1.x-dev"
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Laravel\\Fortify\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Taylor Otwell",
+                    "email": "taylor@laravel.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Backend controllers and scaffolding for Laravel authentication.",
+            "keywords": [
+                "auth",
+                "laravel"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/laravel/fortify/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/laravel/fortify"
+            },
+            "time": "2026-03-20T20:13:51+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "laravel/framework",
             "version": "v13.6.0",
@@ -2883,6 +3051,75 @@
             ],
             "time": "2026-02-16T23:10:27+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "paragonie/constant_time_encoding",
+            "version": "v3.1.3",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding.git",
+                "reference": "d5b01a39b3415c2cd581d3bd3a3575c1ebbd8e77"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/zipball/d5b01a39b3415c2cd581d3bd3a3575c1ebbd8e77",
+                "reference": "d5b01a39b3415c2cd581d3bd3a3575c1ebbd8e77",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": "^8"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "infection/infection": "^0",
+                "nikic/php-fuzzer": "^0",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^9|^10|^11",
+                "vimeo/psalm": "^4|^5|^6"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "ParagonIE\\ConstantTime\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Paragon Initiative Enterprises",
+                    "email": "security@paragonie.com",
+                    "homepage": "https://paragonie.com",
+                    "role": "Maintainer"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Steve 'Sc00bz' Thomas",
+                    "email": "steve@tobtu.com",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.tobtu.com",
+                    "role": "Original Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Constant-time Implementations of RFC 4648 Encoding (Base-64, Base-32, Base-16)",
+            "keywords": [
+                "base16",
+                "base32",
+                "base32_decode",
+                "base32_encode",
+                "base64",
+                "base64_decode",
+                "base64_encode",
+                "bin2hex",
+                "encoding",
+                "hex",
+                "hex2bin",
+                "rfc4648"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "email": "info@paragonie.com",
+                "issues": "https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding"
+            },
+            "time": "2025-09-24T15:06:41+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "phpoption/phpoption",
             "version": "1.9.5",
@@ -2958,6 +3195,58 @@
             ],
             "time": "2025-12-27T19:41:33+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "pragmarx/google2fa",
+            "version": "v9.0.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/antonioribeiro/google2fa.git",
+                "reference": "e6bc62dd6ae83acc475f57912e27466019a1f2cf"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/antonioribeiro/google2fa/zipball/e6bc62dd6ae83acc475f57912e27466019a1f2cf",
+                "reference": "e6bc62dd6ae83acc475f57912e27466019a1f2cf",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "paragonie/constant_time_encoding": "^1.0|^2.0|^3.0",
+                "php": "^7.1|^8.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.9",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^7.5.15|^8.5|^9.0"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "PragmaRX\\Google2FA\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Antonio Carlos Ribeiro",
+                    "email": "acr@antoniocarlosribeiro.com",
+                    "role": "Creator & Designer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "A One Time Password Authentication package, compatible with Google Authenticator.",
+            "keywords": [
+                "2fa",
+                "Authentication",
+                "Two Factor Authentication",
+                "google2fa"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/antonioribeiro/google2fa/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/antonioribeiro/google2fa/tree/v9.0.0"
+            },
+            "time": "2025-09-19T22:51:08+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "psr/clock",
             "version": "1.0.0",
@@ -6833,74 +7122,6 @@
             },
             "time": "2026-02-09T13:44:54+00:00"
         },
-        {
-            "name": "laravel/pint",
-            "version": "v1.29.1",
-            "source": {
-                "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/laravel/pint.git",
-                "reference": "0770e9b7fafd50d4586881d456d6eb41c9247a80"
-            },
-            "dist": {
-                "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/pint/zipball/0770e9b7fafd50d4586881d456d6eb41c9247a80",
-                "reference": "0770e9b7fafd50d4586881d456d6eb41c9247a80",
-                "shasum": ""
-            },
-            "require": {
-                "ext-json": "*",
-                "ext-mbstring": "*",
-                "ext-tokenizer": "*",
-                "ext-xml": "*",
-                "php": "^8.2.0"
-            },
-            "require-dev": {
-                "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "^3.95.1",
-                "illuminate/view": "^12.56.0",
-                "larastan/larastan": "^3.9.6",
-                "laravel-zero/framework": "^12.1.0",
-                "mockery/mockery": "^1.6.12",
-                "nunomaduro/termwind": "^2.4.0",
-                "pestphp/pest": "^3.8.6",
-                "shipfastlabs/agent-detector": "^1.1.3"
-            },
-            "bin": [
-                "builds/pint"
-            ],
-            "type": "project",
-            "autoload": {
-                "psr-4": {
-                    "App\\": "app/",
-                    "Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders/",
-                    "Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories/"
-                }
-            },
-            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
-            "license": [
-                "MIT"
-            ],
-            "authors": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Nuno Maduro",
-                    "email": "enunomaduro@gmail.com"
-                }
-            ],
-            "description": "An opinionated code formatter for PHP.",
-            "homepage": "https://laravel.com",
-            "keywords": [
-                "dev",
-                "format",
-                "formatter",
-                "lint",
-                "linter",
-                "php"
-            ],
-            "support": {
-                "issues": "https://github.com/laravel/pint/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/laravel/pint"
-            },
-            "time": "2026-04-20T15:26:14+00:00"
-        },
         {
             "name": "mockery/mockery",
             "version": "1.6.12",
diff --git a/backend/config/cors.php b/backend/config/cors.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9798fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/config/cors.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) Configuration
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Here you may configure your settings for cross-origin resource sharing
+    | or "CORS". This determines what cross-origin operations may execute
+    | in web browsers. You are free to adjust these settings as needed.
+    |
+    | To learn more: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS
+    |
+    */
+
+    'paths' => ['api/*', 'sanctum/csrf-cookie', 'login', 'logout', 'register'],
+
+    'allowed_methods' => ['*'],
+
+    'allowed_origins' => explode(',', env('FRONTEND_URL', 'http://localhost:4200')),
+
+    'allowed_origins_patterns' => [],
+
+    'allowed_headers' => ['*'],
+
+    'exposed_headers' => [],
+
+    'max_age' => 0,
+
+    'supports_credentials' => true,
+
+];
diff --git a/backend/config/fortify.php b/backend/config/fortify.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfc5deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/config/fortify.php
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+<?php
+
+use Laravel\Fortify\Features;
+
+return [
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Fortify Guard
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Here you may specify which authentication guard Fortify will use while
+    | authenticating users. This value should correspond with one of your
+    | guards that is already present in your "auth" configuration file.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'guard' => 'web',
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Fortify Password Broker
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Here you may specify which password broker Fortify can use when a user
+    | is resetting their password. This configured value should match one
+    | of your password brokers setup in your "auth" configuration file.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'passwords' => 'users',
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Username / Email
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | This value defines which model attribute should be considered as your
+    | application's "username" field. Typically, this might be the email
+    | address of the users but you are free to change this value here.
+    |
+    | Out of the box, Fortify expects forgot password and reset password
+    | requests to have a field named 'email'. If the application uses
+    | another name for the field you may define it below as needed.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'username' => 'email',
+
+    'email' => 'email',
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Lowercase Usernames
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | This value defines whether usernames should be lowercased before saving
+    | them in the database, as some database system string fields are case
+    | sensitive. You may disable this for your application if necessary.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'lowercase_usernames' => true,
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Home Path
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Here you may configure the path where users will get redirected during
+    | authentication or password reset when the operations are successful
+    | and the user is authenticated. You are free to change this value.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'home' => '/home',
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Fortify Routes Prefix / Subdomain
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Here you may specify which prefix Fortify will assign to all the routes
+    | that it registers with the application. If necessary, you may change
+    | subdomain under which all of the Fortify routes will be available.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'prefix' => '',
+
+    'domain' => null,
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Fortify Routes Middleware
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Here you may specify which middleware Fortify will assign to the routes
+    | that it registers with the application. If necessary, you may change
+    | these middleware but typically this provided default is preferred.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'middleware' => ['web'],
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Rate Limiting
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | By default, Fortify will throttle logins to five requests per minute for
+    | every email and IP address combination. However, if you would like to
+    | specify a custom rate limiter to call then you may specify it here.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'limiters' => [
+        'login' => 'login',
+        'two-factor' => 'two-factor',
+    ],
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Register View Routes
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Here you may specify if the routes returning views should be disabled as
+    | you may not need them when building your own application. This may be
+    | especially true if you're writing a custom single-page application.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'views' => false,
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Features
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Some of the Fortify features are optional. You may disable the features
+    | by removing them from this array. You're free to only remove some of
+    | these features or you can even remove all of these if you need to.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'features' => [
+        Features::registration(),
+        Features::resetPasswords(),
+        // Features::emailVerification(),
+        Features::updateProfileInformation(),
+        Features::updatePasswords(),
+        Features::twoFactorAuthentication([
+            'confirm' => true,
+            'confirmPassword' => true,
+            // 'window' => 0,
+        ]),
+    ],
+
+];
diff --git a/backend/config/sanctum.php b/backend/config/sanctum.php
index 44527d6..cde73cf 100644
--- a/backend/config/sanctum.php
+++ b/backend/config/sanctum.php
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 
+use Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ValidateCsrfToken;
+use Laravel\Sanctum\Http\Middleware\AuthenticateSession;
 use Laravel\Sanctum\Sanctum;
 
 return [
@@ -76,9 +79,9 @@
     */
 
     'middleware' => [
-        'authenticate_session' => Laravel\Sanctum\Http\Middleware\AuthenticateSession::class,
-        'encrypt_cookies' => Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
-        'validate_csrf_token' => Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ValidateCsrfToken::class,
+        'authenticate_session' => AuthenticateSession::class,
+        'encrypt_cookies' => EncryptCookies::class,
+        'validate_csrf_token' => ValidateCsrfToken::class,
     ],
 
 ];
diff --git a/backend/database/migrations/2026_04_24_120752_add_two_factor_columns_to_users_table.php b/backend/database/migrations/2026_04_24_120752_add_two_factor_columns_to_users_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45739ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/database/migrations/2026_04_24_120752_add_two_factor_columns_to_users_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->text('two_factor_secret')
+                ->after('password')
+                ->nullable();
+
+            $table->text('two_factor_recovery_codes')
+                ->after('two_factor_secret')
+                ->nullable();
+
+            $table->timestamp('two_factor_confirmed_at')
+                ->after('two_factor_recovery_codes')
+                ->nullable();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn([
+                'two_factor_secret',
+                'two_factor_recovery_codes',
+                'two_factor_confirmed_at',
+            ]);
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/backend/routes/api.php b/backend/routes/api.php
index 8ac7abd..1a3929f 100644
--- a/backend/routes/api.php
+++ b/backend/routes/api.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 
-Route::get('/user', function (Request $request) {
+Route::get('/me', function (Request $request) {
     return $request->user();
 })->middleware('auth:sanctum');
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/app.routes.ts b/frontend/src/app/app.routes.ts
index 9a9545a..4c598f2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/app.routes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/app.routes.ts
@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@ export const routes: Routes = [
   {
     path: '',
     loadComponent: () => import('./chat/chat').then(m => m.Chat)
+  },
+  {
+    path: 'user',
+    loadChildren: () => import('./auth/auth.routes').then(m => m.authRoutes)
   }
 ];