libnfc VS vsmartcard

Compare libnfc vs vsmartcard and see what are their differences.

libnfc

Platform independent Near Field Communication (NFC) library (by nfc-tools)
libnfc C pcsc-lite Nfc
Source Code
nfc-tools.org
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vsmartcard

umbrella project for emulation of smart card readers or smart cards (by frankmorgner)
Security Smartcard smartcard-reader Emulation Python C Nfc tizen-wearable Android pcsc ccid
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frankmorgner.github.io
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about 1 month ago 17 days ago
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libnfc

Posts with mentions or reviews of libnfc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-30.
  • Unable to install libnfc on Kali. Total noob. Details below, help!
    1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 30 Aug 2022
    #Setup the build tools sudo apt-get install build-essential gcc make autoconf libtool automake pkg-config libusb-1.0-0-dev libusb-dev #Pull down the libnfc source mkdir tools cd tools git clone https://github.com/nfc-tools/libnfc.git cd libnfc #Configure and build the tool autoreconf -vis ./configure make && sudo make install #Test: nfc-list
  • I have an Acr122u i cannot find a good program / script to use .
    2 projects | /r/RFID | 30 Jul 2022
    Have you gotten libnfc(https://github.com/nfc-tools/libnfc) installed? it has nfc-emulate-forum-tag2 and nfc-emulate-forum-tag4
  • Simple software for managing yes/no RFID tags?
    1 project | /r/RFID | 29 Jul 2022
    If you want to script up a little code, there is a pretty rich ecosystem of libnfc compatible readers. With these, you could start with something simple like reading a unique card ID off of each card, then doing some kind of logic or database lookup to get the status, from which you drive a GPIO or output to drive your light.
  • RFID reader application
    1 project | /r/RFID | 19 Dec 2021
    If you install libnfc, it includes examples (https://github.com/nfc-tools/libnfc/tree/master/examples)

vsmartcard

Posts with mentions or reviews of vsmartcard. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-11.
  • On-device WebAuthn and what makes it hard to do well
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Dec 2022
    It's been a few years, but the main references I remember using:

    1. Windows: https://github.com/frankmorgner/vsmartcard/tree/master/virtu..., which is a fix-up of the older https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/134010/An-UMDF-Driver-f..., and https://github.com/Watfaq/SoftU2F-Win/tree/master/SoftU2FDri.... Note that neither of these actually implement CTAP2.

    2. Linux: There's plenty to refer to on HID gadgets, but https://blog.hansenpartnership.com/webauthn-in-linux-with-a-... and the code at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/fido2-c... were my entrypoint.

    3. Mac: I ended up not implementing a Mac version, but GitHub themselves used to support a CTAP1/U2F software authenticator, now archived at https://github.com/github/SoftU2F. I was going to work from that.

    For the service I looked at different software "devices" interfacing with these kinds of drivers (or just the browser directly in Firefox's case).

    1. Generic NIST SP 800-73 PIV: https://github.com/CCob/PIVert. Very limited scope, pentest tool with no extraneous features. It uses the BixVReader driver.

  • ⟳ 5 apps added, 63 updated at f-droid.org
    19 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 28 Jun 2022
    Smart Card Reader (version 2.3): Use your phone as contact-less smart card reader

What are some alternatives?

When comparing libnfc and vsmartcard you can also consider the following projects:

flipperzero-firmware - Flipper Zero firmware source code

WSCT-Core - Public repository for WSCT Core project.

libnfc vs flipperzero-firmware vsmartcard vs WSCT-Core