zbar

Install command: 
brew install zbar

Suite of barcodes-reading tools

https://linuxtv.org/downloads/zbar/

License: LGPL-2.1-only

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/zbar.json

Formula code: zbar.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 0.23.95
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

imagemagick 7.1.2-35 Tools and libraries to manipulate images in select formats
jpeg-turbo 3.2.1 JPEG image codec that aids compression and decompression
fontconfig 2.18.3 XML-based font configuration API for X Windows
freetype 2.15.0 Software library to render fonts
gettext 1.0 GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library
glib 2.90.1 Core application library for C
liblqr 0.4.3 C/C++ seam carving library
libomp 23.1.5 LLVM's OpenMP runtime library
libtool 2.6.2 Generic library support script
little-cms2 2.20 Color management engine supporting ICC profiles

Depends on when building from source:

gettext 1.0 GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library
meson 1.12.1 Fast and user friendly build system
ninja 1.13.2 Small build system for use with gyp or CMake
pkgconf 3.0.10 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit
xmlto 0.0.29 Convert XML to another format (based on XSL or other tools)

Uses from macOS: python

Binaries: zbarimg

GitHub Packages downloads:

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Downloads518,891
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Installs3,4157,18224,482
Installs (--HEAD)71450
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Build Errors (--HEAD)1