# phonegap/phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner

cross-platform BarcodeScanner for Cordova / PhoneGap

Repository: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner
Language: Objective-C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-07-30T08:32:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4177, "days_push": 2225, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1269, forks 1402 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:11.584296+00:00)

## What it is
A Cordova/PhoneGap plugin providing cross-platform barcode scanning for hybrid mobile apps. It exposes a JavaScript API (cordova.plugins.barcodeScanner.scan) backed by native code on Android, iOS, Windows, and Browser.

## Use cases
- scan qr codes in a cordova app
- read barcodes from phone camera in a phonegap app
- add barcode scanning to a hybrid mobile app
- scan upc and ean product codes on ios and android
- scan pdf417 and code128 barcodes in a webview app

## When to choose
- you are building a Cordova or PhoneGap hybrid app and need camera-based barcode or QR scanning
- you need one plugin that works across Android, iOS, Windows, and Browser

## When to avoid
- you are building a fully native app (use native scanning APIs instead)
- your project uses Capacitor or modern frameworks where the plugin ecosystem has moved on
- you need actively maintained software with recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: computer-vision, sdk, gui
- domain: mobile-development, cross-platform, computer-vision
- platform: windows, browser, cross-platform
- tags: cordova, phonegap, barcode-scanner, qr-code, hybrid-apps, android, ios

## Member repositories
- phonegap/phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:11.584296+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:03:33.238745+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:11.584296+00:00, sha b1e9b09c55ad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.