ZBar vs pyxing

ZBar

Clone of the mercurial repository http://zbar.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/zbar/zbar (by ZBar)

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pyxing

Python port of zxing (by holizz)

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ZBar		pyxing
	Project
7	Mentions	1
2,465	Stars	4
0.4%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	10.0
about 2 months ago	Latest Commit	about 15 years ago
C	Language	Python
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only	License	-

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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?
1 project | /r/PrivacyGuides | 17 May 2023
How to scan QR Barcode with Windows 10 Webcam on laptop - Without using an emulator?
1 project | /r/windows | 2 Apr 2023

ZBar - ZBar is a widely used open-source software that supports scanning QR codes with a webcam on Windows 10. https://zbar.sourceforge.net/
Is there an open source QR code reader for Windows?
4 projects | /r/opensource | 27 Aug 2022

I'm pretty sure ZBar is supported on windows. It includes the zbarcam tool, which can scan from camera.
How to decode a QR-code image in (preferably pure) Python?
4 projects | /r/codehunter | 9 Apr 2022

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:
Diners Beware: That Meal May Cost You Your Privacy and Security
1 project | /r/privacy | 30 Jul 2021

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?
1 project | /r/privacytoolsIO | 10 Jul 2021

pyxing

Posts with mentions or reviews of pyxing. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-09.

How to decode a QR-code image in (preferably pure) Python?
4 projects | /r/codehunter | 9 Apr 2022

PyXing (website here) is supposedly a Python port of the popular Java ZXing library, but the initial and only commit is 6 years old and the project has no readme or documentation whatsoever.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ZBar and pyxing you can also consider the following projects:

ZXing - ZXing ("Zebra Crossing") barcode scanning library for Java, Android

python-qrcode - Python QR Code image generator

C++ Format - A modern formatting library

FastFormat - The fastest, most robust C++ formatting library

stb - stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++

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

pdqsort - Pattern-defeating quicksort.

RE2 - RE2 is a fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative to backtracking regular expression engines like those used in PCRE, Perl, and Python. It is a C++ library.

Klib - A standalone and lightweight C library

HTTP Parser - http request/response parser for c

Stage - Mobile robot simulator