ZBar
Clone of the mercurial repository http://zbar.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/zbar/zbar (by ZBar)
FastFormat
The fastest, most robust C++ formatting library (by synesissoftware)
| ZBar | FastFormat | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | - | |
| 2,465 | 56 | |
| 0.4% | - | |
| 0.0 | 4.8 | |
| about 2 months ago | 3 months ago | |
| C | C++ | |
| GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ZBar
Posts with mentions or reviews of ZBar.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-27.
- What route should I go for moving long links you find on the phone to a PC?
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How to scan QR Barcode with Windows 10 Webcam on laptop - Without using an emulator?
ZBar - ZBar is a widely used open-source software that supports scanning QR codes with a webcam on Windows 10. https://zbar.sourceforge.net/
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Is there an open source QR code reader for Windows?
I'm pretty sure ZBar is supported on windows. It includes the zbarcam tool, which can scan from camera.
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How to decode a QR-code image in (preferably pure) Python?
ZBar (website here) claims to be "an open source software suite for reading bar codes from various sources, such as image files." So I tried installing it on Mac OSX running sudo pip install zbar. This fails with error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1. I tried to suggestions in the answers to this SO question, but I can't seem to solve it. So I decided to move on again:
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Diners Beware: That Meal May Cost You Your Privacy and Security
All zbar-derived programs would work. For phones, this is one of the few that showed up quickly on F-Droid.
- Best way to store backup 2FA QR codes and recovery codes?
FastFormat
Posts with mentions or reviews of FastFormat.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
We haven't tracked posts mentioning FastFormat yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ZBar and FastFormat you can also consider the following projects:
ZXing - ZXing ("Zebra Crossing") barcode scanning library for Java, Android
C++ Format - A modern formatting library
Serial Communication Library - Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++
stb - stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++
kangaru - 🦘 A dependency injection container for C++11, C++14 and later
mlkit - A collection of sample apps to demonstrate how to use Google's ML Kit APIs on Android and iOS
sigslot - C++11 signal/slot implementation
Klib - A standalone and lightweight C library
pdqsort - Pattern-defeating quicksort.
Better String - The Better String Library