ZBar
Clone of the mercurial repository http://zbar.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/zbar/zbar (by ZBar)
mlkit
A collection of sample apps to demonstrate how to use Google's ML Kit APIs on Android and iOS (by googlesamples)
ZBar | mlkit | |
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7 | 5 | |
2,465 | 3,339 | |
0.4% | 1.2% | |
0.0 | 4.0 | |
about 2 months ago | 18 days ago | |
C | Java | |
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only | Apache License 2.0 |
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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?
mlkit
Posts with mentions or reviews of mlkit.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-24.
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MLKit and ArCore
I used ML Kit pos estimation API. I followed New features in ML Kit video and building use cases playlist. I tried to understand googlesamples/mlkit and tensorflow/examples but I barely understand, where the define the processor, and I loos it when it comes to the cameraSource file. eventually I created a runnable application.
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Android QR Code Detection with TensorFlow Lite
To understand the implementation of getBitmap(), please refer to BitmapUtils.java.
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Real-time Android QR Code Recognition with YOLO and Dynamsoft Barcode Reader
Next, we draw an overlay above the camera preview. There is an excellent GraphicOverlay class provided by Android ML Kit demo project. We don't need to reinvent the wheel:
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Google ML Kit vs. Dynamsoft's SDK: Scan High Density QR Codes on Android Devices
Download the sample code of ML Kit vision.
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MLKit: Shallow comparison with Vision.
MLKit is distributed by CocoaPods, no Carthage or SMP support, but at least we ask Google to add such options...
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ZBar and mlkit you can also consider the following projects:
ZXing - ZXing ("Zebra Crossing") barcode scanning library for Java, Android
C++ Format - A modern formatting library
react-native-tesseract-ocr - Tesseract OCR wrapper for React Native
FastFormat - The fastest, most robust C++ formatting library
OpenCV - Open Source Computer Vision Library
stb - stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++
react-native-vision-camera - 📸 A powerful, high-performance React Native Camera library.
sigslot - C++11 signal/slot implementation
android-camera2-preview-qr-code-scanner
pdqsort - Pattern-defeating quicksort.
react-native-camera - A Camera component for React Native. Also supports barcode scanning! [Moved to: https://github.com/react-native-camera/react-native-camera]