Free ZXing AlternativesBarcode Scanners & QR Code Readers like ZXing

The best free alternative to ZXing is ZBar bar code reader, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked six alternatives to ZXing and four of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to ZXing are QuaggaJS, zbar-wasm and quagga2.

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  1. ZBar bar code reader icon

    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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. QuaggaJS icon

    QuaggaJS

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    QuaggaJS is a barcode-scanner entirely written in JavaScript supporting real- time localization and decoding of various types of barcodes such as EAN, CODE 128, CODE 39, EAN 8, UPC-A, UPC-C, I2of5, 2of5, CODE 93 and CODABAR.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Z

    zbar-wasm

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    A WebAssembly build of the ZBar Bar Code Reader.

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    • Online
     
  5. quagga2 icon

    quagga2

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    This is a fork of the original QuaggaJS library, that will be maintained until such time as the original author and maintainer returns, or it has been completely replaced by built-in browser and node functionality.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
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