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stb

9.8 7.8 L2 ZXing VS stb

stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++
C++ Format

9.5 8.6 L1 ZXing VS C++ Format

A modern formatting library

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RE2

8.9 9.0 L1 ZXing VS RE2

RE2 is a fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative to backtracking regular expression engines like those used in PCRE, Perl, and Python. It is a C++ library.
HTTP Parser

8.9 0.0 L1 ZXing VS HTTP Parser

http request/response parser for c
Cppcheck

8.5 9.8 ZXing VS Cppcheck

static analysis of C/C++ code
SDS

8.1 0.0 L2 ZXing VS SDS

Simple Dynamic Strings library for C
Klib

7.9 0.0 L4 ZXing VS Klib

A standalone and lightweight C library
ZBar

7.8 0.0 L3 ZXing VS ZBar

Clone of the mercurial repository http://zbar.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/zbar/zbar
American fuzzy lop

7.6 0.0 ZXing VS American fuzzy lop

american fuzzy lop - a security-oriented fuzzer
Serial Communication Library

7.4 0.0 L1 ZXing VS Serial Communication Library

Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++
pdqsort

6.6 0.0 ZXing VS pdqsort

Pattern-defeating quicksort.
PHP-CPP

6.5 5.6 L4 ZXing VS PHP-CPP

Library to build PHP extensions with C++
libssh2

6.4 5.1 ZXing VS libssh2

the SSH library
Better Enums

6.0 0.0 L5 ZXing VS Better Enums

C++ compile-time enum to string, iteration, in a single header file
c-smart-pointers

5.8 0.0 ZXing VS c-smart-pointers

Smart pointers for the (GNU) C programming language
Mach7

5.7 0.0 L2 ZXing VS Mach7

Functional programming style pattern-matching library for C++
Experimental Boost.DI

5.6 0.0 L3 ZXing VS Experimental Boost.DI

DI: C++14 Dependency Injection Library
UNITS

5.1 0.0 L3 ZXing VS UNITS

a compile-time, header-only, dimensional analysis and unit conversion library built on c++14 with no dependencies.
stdman

5.0 3.8 ZXing VS stdman

Formatted C++20 stdlib man pages (cppreference)
constexpr-8cc

4.6 3.3 L3 ZXing VS constexpr-8cc

Compile-time C Compiler implemented as C++14 constant expressions
SLRE

4.5 0.0 L3 ZXing VS SLRE

Super Light Regexp engine for C/C++
Stage

4.4 0.0 L1 ZXing VS Stage

Mobile robot simulator
DynaMix

4.3 0.0 ZXing VS DynaMix

:fish_cake: A new take on polymorphism
outcome

4.3 5.2 ZXing VS outcome

Provides very lightweight outcome<T> and result<T> (non-Boost edition)
cxx-prettyprint

4.2 0.0 L5 ZXing VS cxx-prettyprint

A header-only library for C++(0x) that allows automagic pretty-printing of any container.
libcpuid

4.0 1.3 L2 ZXing VS libcpuid

a small C library for x86 CPU detection and feature extraction
STX

3.9 9.2 ZXing VS STX

C++17 & C++ 20 error-handling and utility extensions.
Better String

3.9 0.0 L2 ZXing VS Better String

The Better String Library
CppVerbalExpressions

3.8 0.0 L5 ZXing VS CppVerbalExpressions

C++ regular expressions made easy
kangaru

3.7 2.1 L5 ZXing VS kangaru

🦘 A dependency injection container for C++11, C++14 and later
value-category-cheatsheet

3.6 0.0 ZXing VS value-category-cheatsheet

A C++14 cheat-sheet on lvalues, rvalues, xvalues, and more
leaf

3.4 3.5 ZXing VS leaf

Lightweight Error Augmentation Framework
casacore

3.3 9.3 L1 ZXing VS casacore

Suite of C++ libraries for radio astronomy data processing
neither

3.3 0.0 ZXing VS neither

Either and Maybe monads for better error-handling in C++ ↔️
libusb

3.1 0.0 ZXing VS libusb

Access USB devices from Ruby via libusb-1.x
StrTk

3.0 0.0 ZXing VS StrTk

C++ String Toolkit Library https://www.partow.net/programming/strtk/index.html
semver.c

3.0 0.0 L5 ZXing VS semver.c

Semantic version in ANSI C
gcc-poison

3.0 0.0 ZXing VS gcc-poison

gcc-poison
ub-canaries

2.9 0.0 L4 ZXing VS ub-canaries

collection of C/C++ programs that try to get compilers to exploit undefined behavior
libnih

2.7 0.0 L2 ZXing VS libnih

NIH Utility Library
Boost.Signals

2.7 0.0 L2 ZXing VS Boost.Signals

Boost.org signals2 module
sigslot

2.5 0.0 L5 ZXing VS sigslot

C++11 signal/slot implementation
QtVerbalExpressions

2.4 0.0 L5 ZXing VS QtVerbalExpressions

This Qt lib is based off of the C++ VerbalExpressions library. [MIT]
access_profiler

2.2 0.0 L5 ZXing VS access_profiler

a tool to count accesses to member variables in c++ programs
strf

2.1 0.0 ZXing VS strf

Yet another C++ text formatting library.
FastFormat

2.1 0.0 ZXing VS FastFormat

The fastest, most robust C++ formatting library
libsigc++

2.1 0.7 L5 ZXing VS libsigc++

A typesafe callback system for standard C++. [LGPL]
cppq

2.0 10.0 ZXing VS cppq

Simple, reliable & efficient distributed task queue for C++17
libevil

1.9 0.0 L4 ZXing VS libevil

The Evil License Manager
Scintilla

1.8 0.0 L1 ZXing VS Scintilla

A free source code editing component. [MIT]

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Project in Maintenance Mode Only

The project is in maintenance mode, meaning, changes are driven by contributed patches. Only bug fixes and minor enhancements will be considered. The Barcode Scanner app can no longer be published, so it's unlikely any changes will be accepted for it. There is otherwise no active development or roadmap for this project. It is "DIY".

Get Started Developing

To get started, please visit: https://github.com/zxing/zxing/wiki/Getting-Started-Developing

ZXing ("zebra crossing") is an open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing library implemented in Java, with ports to other languages.

Supported Formats

1D product	1D industrial	2D
UPC-A	Code 39	QR Code
UPC-E	Code 93	Data Matrix
EAN-8	Code 128	Aztec
EAN-13	Codabar	PDF 417
UPC/EAN Extension 2/5	ITF	MaxiCode
		RSS-14
		RSS-Expanded

Components

Active

Module	Description
core	The core image decoding library, and test code
javase	JavaSE-specific client code
android	Android client Barcode Scanner
android-integration	Supports integration with Barcode Scanner via `Intent`
android-core	Android-related code shared among `android`, other Android apps
zxingorg	The source behind `zxing.org`
zxing.appspot.com	The source behind web-based barcode generator at `zxing.appspot.com`

Available in previous releases

Module	Description
cpp	C++ port
iphone	iPhone client
objc	Objective C port
actionscript	Partial ActionScript port
jruby	JRuby wrapper

ZXing-based third-party open source projects

Module	Description
QZXing	port to Qt framework
glassechidna/zxing-cpp	port to C++ (forked from the deprecated official C++ port)
nu-book/zxing-cpp	recent port to C++
zxing_cpp.rb	bindings for Ruby (not just JRuby), powered by zxing-cpp
jsqrcode	port to JavaScript
python-zxing	bindings for Python
ZXing .NET	port to .NET and C#, and related Windows platform
php-qrcode-detector-decoder	port to PHP
ZXing Delphi	Port to native Delphi object pascal, targeted at Firemonkey compatible devices (IOS/Android/Win/OSX) and VCL.
ZXingObjC	Port to Objective-C
php-zxing	PHP wrapper to Zxing Java library
zxing-js/library	TypeScript port of ZXing library
pyzxing	Python wrapper to ZXing library