ZBar explained

ZBar
Logo Size:	100px
Screenshot Size:	250px
Developer:	ZBar developers
Programming Language:	C
Operating System:	Cross-platform
Genre:	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,^[1] Perl, and Ruby bindings.^{[2] [3] [4]} It is also implemented on Linux and Microsoft Windows as a command-line application,^[5] and as an iPhone application.^[6]

It was originally developed at SourceForge.^[7] 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.^[8]

Features

• 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^[2]

External links

• LinuxTV site where the latest version is available
• GitHub ZBar clone of the latest version
• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Support for both Python 2 and 3 is provided via PyZbar package . Pypi.org. 8 August 2018.
2. Web site: Brown. Jeff. ZBar bar code reader. Zbar.sourceforge.net. 2 April 2011.
3. Web site: ZBar bar code reader – Download version 0.20 and upper. Linustv.org.
4. Web site: ZBar – Download older versions. Zbar.sourceforge.net. 8 August 2018.
5. Web site: Tyler. Joshua. ZBar Brings Barcode And QR Code Scanning To Your Desktop. Lifehacker.com.au. 2 April 2011.
6. Web site: Brown. Jeff. ZBar bar code reader – iPhone. Zbar.sourceforge.net. 2 April 2011.
7. Web site: ZBar bar code reader - Browse /zbar at SourceForge. Sourceforge.net. 2 April 2019.
8. Web site: 2024-01-09 . GitHub - mchehab/zbar . 2024-01-12 . GitHub.