pcsc_wrapper

Overview

pcsc_wrapper is a Dart FFI (Foreign Function Interface) wrapper for the PC/SC (Personal Computer/Smart Card) interface, enabling developers to interact with smart card readers and smart cards using Dart on Linux, macOS, and Windows. At this time only the Linux implementation has been exercised in real environments; macOS and Windows implementations are present but not yet validated.

Platform Support

⚠️ Status:

• Implementations included for: Linux, macOS, Windows
• Tested in real environments: Linux only
• macOS & Windows: implemented but not yet manually tested/validated

Features

• Native bindings to the PC/SC (winscard) interface
• Provides a Dart-friendly API for smart card operations
• Enables low-level smart card reader and card interactions
• Lightweight and efficient through Dart's FFI mechanism

Prerequisites

• Dart SDK
• PC/SC middleware installed on your system
• libpcsclite-dev (on Linux)

Installation

Add the following to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  pcsc_wrapper: ^[version]

License

This project is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Disclaimer

This library is provided "as-is" with no guarantee of compatibility or support. Users should thoroughly test in their specific environments.