Bar Scout is a minimalistic web application that enables people to scan barcodes and save all the info about a product locally. The scanner saves all product information in the browser's localStorage, providing a more secure and faster solution (No registration needed).
- Get info about any product by it's barcode (QR codes scan will be added later).
- Full Open Food Facts database.
- Save product information in the browser's localStorage for offline use
- Easy to use
- Multiple barcodes scan (use comma to separate codes). Example:
8715700421360,8593807234713
To get started with the Bar Scout, simply download or clone the repository to your local machine. Then, open the index.html
file in your web browser and you're ready to go! Or just go to https://nikinayzer.github.io/Bar-Scout/
To add a product, simply write the barcode to search field. The scanner will automatically detect and retrieve the product information from the Open Food Facts database, and display it on the screen.
To delete an existing product, hover on a product card and press red delete button, that appears to the right on the card.
Some metrics gathered from Lighthouse test:
If you'd like to contribute to the Bar Scout project, feel free to fork the repository and submit a pull request with your changes. I welcome all contributions, big or small! There is also a TODO list where you can see actual goals.
Bar Scout is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE
file for more information.
Bar Scout was created by Nick Korotov.