HardwareContext, native

The desktop app talks to the serial port directly and runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux — one scan engine, one report format, no browser required.

macOS

Native serial scanner.

Download for Apple Silicon Download for Intel

Apple Silicon is any Mac from late 2020 on (M1 and later). Intel is anything before that, or an Intel Mac still on macOS.

Windows

Native serial scanner.

Download for Windows

Linux

Native serial scanner.

Download for Linux

Debian, Ubuntu, and derivatives. Double-click to install.

Other formats

Download .rpm

Same idea, for Fedora/RHEL/openSUSE.

Download .AppImage — advanced

Portable, no install — but it won't just double-click and open on most modern systems. It needs FUSE2, which Ubuntu 24.04+ and recent Fedora no longer ship by default. Use the .deb/.rpm above unless you specifically need a portable build. If you do use it, run chmod +x HardwareContext-0.1.0.AppImage first, and if it still fails, sudo apt install libfuse2t64 (Ubuntu) or use the .deb/.rpm instead.