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pcsc-lite

brew install pcsc-lite v2.5.1 BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-2-Clause AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND ISC keg-only

Middleware to access a smart card using SCard API

938
30-day installs · #1337
1.9k
90-day · #1654
5.8k
365-day · #1816

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:shadowed_by_macos — macOS provides PCSC.framework

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