RaptorQR Architecture

RaptorQR is a pnpm monorepo for camera-based QR transfer. The project is split so the protocol and codec code can become a reusable low-level library, while the CLI and web app remain consumers of that library.

Monorepo Layout

packages/raptorqr-core
  src/protocol      fixed header, CRC32C, transfer profiles
  src/sender        packetizers and frame scheduling
  src/fec           RaptorQ facade, deprecated JS RLNC, outer RS helpers
  src/qr            QR capacity, encode/decode facades, raster helpers
  src/gif           GIF parse/render helpers
  src/reconstruct   payload assembly

packages/raptorqr-wasm
  src/fast_qr       fast_qr wasm-bindgen artifacts and Colab script
  src/raptorq       cberner/raptorq wasm-bindgen artifacts and Colab script

packages/raptorqr-cli
  src/raptorqr.ts        CLI entrypoint
  src/terminal_raster.ts terminal QR renderer
  src/static_server.ts   built web app preview server

apps/web
  src/app          Preact routes and UI
  src/workers      encode, decode, GIF, and QR render workers
  src/lib          app-local worker orchestration
  src/tests        browser/WebAssembly integration tests

Package Boundaries

@raptorqr/core owns protocol behavior and public transfer APIs. It exports environment-neutral modules from @raptorqr/core, browser wrappers from @raptorqr/core/browser, and Node/CLI wrappers from @raptorqr/core/node.

@raptorqr/wasm owns generated WASM artifacts. Core imports fast_qr through @raptorqr/wasm/fast-qr and RaptorQ through @raptorqr/wasm/raptorq.

@raptorqr/cli depends on core and wasm. It bundles to packages/raptorqr-cli/dist/raptorqr.js and copies required WASM sidecars next to the bundle.

@raptorqr/web is private. It owns Vite, Preact UI, workers, and app-local worker pools. App-local @/* imports must not leak into packages.

Protocol

The transport packet keeps the existing 8-byte header plus payload plus CRC32C trailer. The protocol does not add QR profile negotiation to the header; the receiver infers QR version from decoded symbols and packet payload size.

FEC codec detection uses the existing symbol index field:

symbolIndex = 0..23: deprecated JS RLNC compatible packets
symbolIndex = 31: primary RaptorQ WASM packets

wasm-raptorq is the default FEC codec. js-rlnc remains explicit and test-covered, but it is deprecated and is never used as an automatic fallback if RaptorQ WASM is unavailable.

QR Encoding And Decoding

QR generation and FEC are separate layers:

FEC codec: wasm-raptorq or deprecated js-rlnc
QR encoder: fast-qr-wasm or zxing-wasm

fast_qr WASM exposes both RGBA rendering and raw matrix output. The web app uses RGBA output for live/GIF rendering; the CLI uses matrix output for terminal rendering.

ZXing WASM is used for decoding and remains available as a QR writer option in the browser.

Build And Test

Root commands orchestrate package-level commands:

pnpm build
pnpm test
pnpm dev:web

The test split follows ownership:

core: protocol, packetization, FEC, reconstruction
wasm: generated RaptorQ artifact verification
cli: terminal raster and CLI encode pipeline
web: browser QR/GIF/ZXing/worker integration

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