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Transfer data via animated QR codes

8 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 1 story, 7 comments · first 2019-01-02 · latest 2026-04-28

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  1. …of ad-hoc communication channels that do not require shared infrastructure: I like the idea of https://github.com/divan/txqr which sends data using animated QR codes. An ultimate guarantee of physical proximity. The bandwidth is not…
    comment by nine_k · 2026-04-28 · in Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
  2. …https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Capacity_Color_Barcode [1] https://github.com/jabcode/jabcode [2] https://github.com/divan/txqr [3] https://github.com/catid/wirehair [4] https://github.com/sz3/cfc/releases/latest
    comment by sz3 · 2020-12-17 · in Show HN: Cimbar – File transfer via color barcodes and the Android camera
  3. …them to share data of multi-MB weight over just an animation combined with generated QRs [0]. [0]: https://github.com/divan/txqr
    comment by pqb · 2020-12-09 · in A QR code built from Emoji
  4. Another animated QR data transfer that uses fountain codes: https://github.com/divan/txqr
    comment by divan · 2020-08-14 · in Show HN: Photo Realistic QR-Codes
  5. See https://github.com/divan/txqr for this use case. Other probably exist. It can be useful sometimes to not bother with any network at all, e.g. an international museum machine streaming map and documentation for tourists.
    comment by val_deleplace · 2020-04-22 · in QRCP: Transfer files to mobile device by scanning a QR code from the terminal
  6. …No links to share yet, sorry. - txqr – I did an animated QR data transfer app in Go and Gomobile ( https://github.com/divan/txqr ), which uses fountain codes, but that was just for fun. Now, after working for a year or so with Flutter, I…
    comment by divan · 2020-03-21 · in Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?
  7. I've seen this show up on Hacker News before - transferring data via an animated series of QR codes https://github.com/divan/txqr
    comment by kalleboo · 2019-11-01 · in Remember QR Codes? They’re More Powerful Than You Think