Open the QR-Reader-Mac GitHub project page, select Code and download the project as a ZIP file:ĭouble click the ZIP file to extract it and move open_QRCode.workflow to the ~/Library/Services folder. ZBar can be easily installed with Homebrew: brew install zbar The script will automatically open the URL contained within the QRCode in your default browser. You can create a shortcut to the script for processing QRCodes or create a service, as explained below.
The open source project QR-Reader-Mac provides an Applescript script that acts as a wrapper to zbar. It takes a photo as an argument and extracts the information out of any QRCode that it detects in the image.
There is an open source command line tool named ZBar.
