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merry-goblin/barcode-reader-composer
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A PHP wrapper for Zbar. Decodes images/photos containing QR codes.

1.0.0(2y ago)0239GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since Oct 16Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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MerryGoblin BarcodeReader Barcode reader in PHP. Requires ZBar & Imagick
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[](#merrygoblin-barcodereaderbarcode-reader-in-php-requires-zbar--imagick)

[Github](https://github.com/merry-goblin/barcode-reader-composer)

### Sample

[](#sample)

[Sample & documentation & unit tests](https://github.com/merry-goblin/barcode-reader)

### Install

[](#install)

- composer require merry-goblin/barcode-reader-composer:"dev-main"

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author : [alexandre keller](https://github.com/merry-goblin)

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 23% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity37

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

936d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e8e204b0c3d356f04a20ee83277873248de27d88e6eec76259b81bcd7f04d96c?d=identicon)[merry-goblin](/maintainers/merry-goblin)

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Top Contributors

[![merry-goblin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5331158?v=4)](https://github.com/merry-goblin "merry-goblin (8 commits)")

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Tags

phpqrcodeqrdecodezbar

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