Show HN: Tapirscan – Scan barcodes at any angle in the browser

Category: library

Tags: barcode-scanner, computer-vision, webassembly, image-processing, javascript

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 5, Utility: 6)

Tapirscan is a browser-based barcode scanner that reliably detects barcodes at any rotation angle, offering four scanning effort levels and comparing against ZXing, ZBar, and other libraries. It provides an interactive demo with image, PDF, and camera input, processing everything locally, and is available as packages for npm, PyPI, and crates.io.

Target audience: web developers, mobile developers, computer vision engineers

Repository: https://tapirscan.f-kleinicke.de/

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