passport-reader vs NFCPassportReader

passport-reader

e-Passport NFC Reader Android app (by tananaev)

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NFCPassportReader

NFCPassportReader for iOS 13 (by AndyQ)

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passport-reader		NFCPassportReader
	Project
2	Mentions	3
310	Stars	709
-	Growth	-
6.0	Activity	5.3
28 days ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
Java	Language	Swift
-	License	MIT License

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passport-reader

Posts with mentions or reviews of passport-reader. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-05.

⟳ 5 apps added, 68 updated at f-droid.org
20 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 5 Dec 2021

e-Passport Reader: use the NFC chip to communicate with an electronic passport
carta d'identità elettronica
2 projects | /r/ItalyInformatica | 31 May 2021

Android: https://github.com/tananaev/passport-reader

NFCPassportReader

Posts with mentions or reviews of NFCPassportReader. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-11.

The New Swiss Passport
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Aug 2023

[1] says the decryption key is derived from those pieces of information, and the key derivation logic is public info, e.g. [2] is an implementation.
[1] https://randomoracle.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/reading-the-us...
[2] https://github.com/AndyQ/NFCPassportReader/blob/main/Example...
Hi guys .. out of curiosity, I tried to read the nfc of my passport, it changes with each reading. What kind of chip is it?
3 projects | /r/flipperzero | 11 Sep 2022

https://github.com/AndyQ/NFCPassportReader/issues/151 indicates the italian passports use something called PACE-IM, which a second issue (https://github.com/AndyQ/NFCPassportReader/issues/119) saying it is a more sophisticated authentication mechanism. I also found https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.702.6037&rep=rep1&type=pdf about PACE-IM, but it is a bit much for me to consume at the moment.
carta d'identità elettronica
2 projects | /r/ItalyInformatica | 31 May 2021

iOS: https://github.com/AndyQ/NFCPassportReader

What are some alternatives?

When comparing passport-reader and NFCPassportReader you can also consider the following projects:

react-native-nfc-manager - React Native NFC module for Android & iOS

SDVersion - :iphone: Lightweight Cocoa library for detecting the running device's model and screen size.

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

NFCNDEFParse - NFC Forum Well Known Type Data Parser for iOS11 and Core NFC

ntfy-android - Android app for ntfy.sh

Haptico - Haptico 📳 - easy to use haptic feedback generator with pattern-play support

tremotesf-android - Android remote GUI for transmission-daemon

Device.swift - Super-lightweight library to detect used device

EMV-NFC-Paycard-Enrollment - A Java library used to read and extract data from NFC EMV credit cards (Android/PCSC).

MotionKit - Get the data from Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Magnetometer in only Two or a few lines of code. CoreMotion now made insanely simple :octocat: :satellite:

App Manager - A full-featured package manager and viewer for Android

Deviice - Swift library to easily check the current device and some more info about it.