Not compatible with react 18

[farhataziz]

m ERR! While resolving: demo@0.1.0
npm ERR! Found: react@18.2.0
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR! react@"^18.2.0" from the root project
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer react@"^16.8.0 || ^17.0.0" from react-qr-reader@3.0.0-beta-1
npm ERR! node_modules/react-qr-reader
npm ERR! react-qr-reader@"*" from the root project

[Kevinparra535]

You need to use npm i -f to be able to use it

[mh-jsx]

Use this instead
https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-zxing

Both the libraries are using @zxing/library under the hood.

[miteshdevg]

https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-qrcode-scanner-mi

use above library it's best