https://github.com/googlechromelabs/chromeos_smart_card_connector
Smart Card Connector App for Chrome OS
https://github.com/googlechromelabs/chromeos_smart_card_connector
chrome-extension chrome-os chromeos cpp emscripten javascript nacl pcsc smartcard webassembly
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Smart Card Connector App for Chrome OS
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/googlechromelabs/chromeos_smart_card_connector
- Owner: GoogleChromeLabs
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2016-04-13T20:41:25.000Z (about 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-05-07T14:29:45.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-07T15:37:40.072Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: chrome-extension, chrome-os, chromeos, cpp, emscripten, javascript, nacl, pcsc, smartcard, webassembly
- Language: C++
- Homepage: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smart-card-connector/khpfeaanjngmcnplbdlpegiifgpfgdco
- Size: 192 MB
- Stars: 136
- Watchers: 35
- Forks: 49
- Open Issues: 22
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Smart Card Connector App for ChromeOS
This repository contains sources of the ChromeOS **Smart Card Connector App**
(distributed at
[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smart-card-connector/khpfeaanjngmcnplbdlpegiifgpfgdco](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smart-card-connector/khpfeaanjngmcnplbdlpegiifgpfgdco))
and examples how programs can communicate with this app.
## Documentation
This documentation is split into several parts for different target audiences:
* **Are you a ChromeOS user?**
Please refer to this Help Center article:
[https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7014689](https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7014689).
* **Are you a ChromeOS administrator?**
Please refer to this Help Center article:
[https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7014520](https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7014520).
* **Are you a developer of a ChromeOS extension/app that needs to access the
PC/SC API in order to talk to smart cards?**
Please refer to this README:
[docs/index-third-party-application-developer.md](docs/index-third-party-application-developer.md).
* **Are you a developer who needs to build the Smart Card Connector App and/or a
maintainer of this repository?**
Please refer to this README:
[docs/index-developer.md](docs/index-developer.md).
## FAQ
### What is a smart card?
Please refer to
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_card](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_card).
Note that there also some devices that emulate a smart card, e.g., some of
Yubikey devices (see
[https://www.yubico.com/authentication-standards/smart-card/](https://www.yubico.com/authentication-standards/smart-card/)).
### Do I need the Smart Card Connector App?
You only need this in case you have a smart card (or a device that emulates it)
and need to use it on your ChromeOS device for authenticating at web pages,
remote desktop applications, logging into ChromeOS in enterprise deployments,
etc.
### Can I use it with my memory card (microSD, etc.)?
No. The Smart Card Connector App is only useful with **smart cards**.