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> My software will not be open-source for a number of reasons,

Just to clarify which exact software is not open source? PartsBox looks to be AGPL.

> In-browser camera scanning is available in commercial plans only (due to licensing costs).

I wonder if you checked out https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Barcode_Det...

I think you are confusing the original Link (Parts-DB) which is AGPL, with the grand parent, PartsBox a different project in the same space, and is not AGPL

Ah, right. Indeed, the naming is super similar. Thanks for mentioning that PartsBox is not open source.

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