ZBar
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 Screenshot of ZBar | |
| Developer(s) | ZBar developers |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 0.23.93[1]
/ 9 January 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Barcode reader |
| License | GNU LGPL |
| Website | https://git.linuxtv.org/zbar.git (version 0.20+) / http://zbar.sourceforge.net/ (up to version 0.10) |
ZBar is an open-source C barcode reading library with C++, Python,[2] Perl, and Ruby bindings.[3][4][5] It is also implemented on Linux and Microsoft Windows as a command-line application,[6] and as an iPhone application.[7]
It was originally developed at SourceForge.[8] As the latest official release (version 0.10) was in 2009-10-27, a fork was created in March, 2017, converting it to use qt5 and libv4l, improving it to better support the Video4Linux API version 2.[9]
Features
[edit]- Image scanning
- Real-time scanning of video streams
- C++, Python, Perl, and Ruby bindings
- Qt, GTK+, and PyGTK GUI bindings
- Recognition of EAN-13, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, Code 128, Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5 and QR code symbologies[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Release 0.23.93".
- ^ "Support for both Python 2 and 3 is provided via PyZbar package". Pypi.org. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ a b Brown, Jeff. "ZBar bar code reader". Zbar.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ^ "ZBar bar code reader – Download version 0.20 and upper". Linustv.org.
- ^ "ZBar – Download older versions". Zbar.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Tyler, Joshua (January 2005). "ZBar Brings Barcode And QR Code Scanning To Your Desktop". Lifehacker.com.au. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ^ Brown, Jeff. "ZBar bar code reader – iPhone". Zbar.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ^ "ZBar bar code reader - Browse /zbar at SourceForge". Sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "GitHub - mchehab/zbar". GitHub. 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
External links
[edit]- LinuxTV site where the latest version is available
- GitHub ZBar clone of the latest version
- Official site
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