# HikVision QR export decoder: reconstructing Hik-Connect device exports

> HikVision QR export decoder reconstructs the format of Hik-Connect device export QR codes and provides a Python decoder and renewal command. The author traces Base64 and zlib layers, field separators, device credentials, and expiration data, then describes using Ghidra to identify the native library’s encryption routine.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/maxim-smirnov/hik-qr-export>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/maxim-smirnov/hik-qr-export/blob/65664fce47e1c50a8a2e2b9c1dd2372c3745cf50/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hikvision-qr-export-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hikvision-qr-export-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hikvision-qr-export-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Hik-Connect device export QR string is required; macOS clipboard input needs Pillow and zxing-cpp.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/maxim-smirnov/hik-qr-export/blob/65664fce47e1c50a8a2e2b9c1dd2372c3745cf50/README.md>

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