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NaturalHistoryMuseum

pyzbar

Read one-dimensional barcodes and QR codes from Python 2 and 3.
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Shared Repository

This package shares its GitHub repository (NaturalHistoryMuseum/pyzbar) with 1 other package. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
84.6K
Week
466.9K
Month
1.9M
Stars
820
Forks
194
Issues
83
Version
0.1.9

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
20
Popularity
63
Adoption
80
Community
50
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
1670 days ago
Monthly downloads
1,862,995
Active
Activity within 30 days
Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
• At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
1,862,995
Stars
820
Stars per 1k downloads
0.44
Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
• Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
66,693
Month daily avg
62,100
Momentum
+7.4%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
Not specified
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
• Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
Package does not declare a minimum Python version.
License categories
License
MIT
• Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
1529 days ago
Total releases
9
Releases/year
0.9
Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
Regular
Last release within 365 days
Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
• Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
8
Monthly downloads
1,862,995
High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
• Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
60
 
Issue Burden
101.2
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
4.1%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Active
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 33.1K
Windows 3.8K
macOS 876

Python Versions

3.10
34.7% 12.5K
3.12
28.1% 10.2K
3.11
16.2% 5.9K
3.13
14.9% 5.4K
3.14
6.0% 2.2K

Top Countries

1. US US
26.4K
2. IN IN
1.5K
3. CN CN
1.0K
4. DE DE
992
5. SG SG
975
6. HK HK
624
7. FR FR
573
8. BE BE
482
9. TW TW
478
10. NL NL
462

Package Information

License
MIT
First Release
November 8, 2016
Last Release
4 years ago
Last Commit
4 years ago
Latest Version
0.1.9
Total Releases
9
Contributors
8
Open PRs
12
Archived
No
Author
Lawrence Hudson
Python Versions
2 2.7 3 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10
Wheels
py2 py3
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
May 17, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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