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ZBar bar code reader

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ZBar Bar Code Reader is an open source software suite for reading bar codes from various sources, such as video streams, image files and raw intensity sensors. It supports EAN-13/UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, Code 128, Code 93, Code 39, Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, QR Code and SQ Code.

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  • Free • Open Source

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
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  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Works Offline
  2.  Command line interface
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  No registration required
  5.  QR Code Reader
  6.  Barcode Scanner
  7.  Webcam Support

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  • Developed by

    Mauro Carvalho Chehab (mchehab)

  • Licensing

    Open Source (LGPL-2.1) and Free product.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  1,102 Stars
  •  209 Forks
  •  122 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jul 30, 2024 
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ZBar bar code reader was added to AlternativeTo by sicco on May 13, 2013 and this page was last updated Mar 24, 2025. ZBar bar code reader is sometimes referred to as ZBar.

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It is easy (but not for dummies!) and quick. It just works:

$ qrencode "To be? Or not to be? It is a question." -o hamlet_question.png $ zbarimg hamlet_question.png QR-Code:To be? Or not to be? It is a question. scanned 1 barcode symbols from 1 images in 0.01 seconds

What is ZBar bar code reader?

ZBar Bar Code Reader is an open source software suite for reading bar codes from various sources, such as video streams, image files and raw intensity sensors. It supports EAN-13/UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, Code 128, Code 93, Code 39, Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, QR Code and SQ Code.

Included with the library are basic applications for decoding captured bar code images and using a video device (e.g. webcam) as a bar code scanner. For application developers, language bindings are included for C, C++, Python 2 and Perl as well as GUI widgets for Qt, GTK and PyGTK 2.0.

Zbar also supports sending the scanned codes via dbus, allowing its integration with other applications.

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