Post #913958

2026-04-02 09:45 UTC

Ever wanted to use your phone&#39;s NFC reader on Linux? Now you can — right from GNOME! I built a minimal NFC app using neard and D-Bus — no hacks, no proprietary drivers. Just run the daemon, tap a tag, and it works. 👉 https://gitlab.gnome.org/dh/gnfc/ 1/2 #nfc #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #Mobian #NixOS #postmarketOS

Replies (5)

@okias@floss.social 2026-04-02 09:46

What works today: read & import vCards from NFC tags, and detect any tag read — great for verifying your hardware is actually enabled. It's early but real. Contributions and feedback very welcome — let's make Linux NFC happen! 🏷️ 2/2

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@fossdd@chaos.social 2026-04-02 10:10

@okias it doesn't build btw. the wrong filename was referenced here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/dh/gnfc/-/blob/main/data/meson.build#L15

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@zeenix@toot.cat 2026-04-02 10:25

@okias super cool. I'll try this soon. Btw, you can (and IMHO should) use zbus_names through zbus::names re-export. 😊

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@tragivictoria@mastodon.catgirl.cloud 2026-04-05 19:01

@okias that's cool!

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@Lehmanator@fosstodon.org 2026-04-05 23:58

@okias Thanks for this! Will make a good amount of use of this. Wish we had a good FOSS solution for mobile payments. Would love to implement an app to enable this on mobile Linux, but sadly any real implementation seems to depend on a lot of proprietary infrastructure.

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