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html5-qrcode
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mebjas / html5-qrcode

html5-qrcode

A cross platform HTML5 QR code reader. See end to end implementation at: https://scanapp.org

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6.2KGitHub stars
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What it is

A cross platform HTML5 QR code reader. See end to end implementation at: https://scanapp.org

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2021-09-08 20:00:41 UTC to 2025-04-08 19:54:29 UTC.

012021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

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20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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I've been working on a web application that has a bar code code scanning component and I will say that while the apparent performance of this library is impressive, I am not a fan of this pricing model, and that alone pushes me to use alternative libraries [1]. As an aside, the library I'm thinking of is based on zxing-js and seems to have perfectly acceptable performance scanning the bar codes in your OSS comparison [2] using the demo implementation [3] (it scans bar codes despite the name being "html5-qrcode"). For a library like this, the only really appealing pricing model is a flat fee that buys unlimited use of the version I buy in perpetuity (even if that fee is several thousand dollars). I'm not, however, going to pay monthly forever for code that (1) you wrote once and is now static, (2) that you aren't hosting, and (3) that I ne
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ed to integrate into my application myself. That feels like paying my car manufacturer a monthly subscription for heated seats [4]. If I need support I will happily pay you a support fee. Moreover, I cannot take on the liability of my app's bar code scanner ceasing working because you decide to close your doors and then the license won't reactivate. [1]: https://github.com/mebjas/html5-qrcode [2]: https://strich.io/comparison-with-oss.html [3]: https://blog.minhazav.dev/research/html5-qrcode [4]: https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscription...
In Show HN: Strich – Barcode scanning for web apps

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