Overview
Barcode Scanner is a free and open-source app that allows you to read and generate barcodes. This app respects your privacy. It does not contain any trackers and does not collect any data.
Formats
Different barcode formats are supported:
- 2D barcode format: QR Code, Data Matrix, PDF 417, AZTEC
- 1D barcode format: EAN 13, EAN 8, UPC A, UPC E, Code 128, Code 93, Code 39, Codabar, ITF
Services
Get information about a product during a scan:
- Food Products with Open Food Facts
- Cosmetic Products with Open Beauty Facts
- Pet Food Products with Open Pet Food Facts
- Books with OpenLibrary
- Music (CDs, Vinyls…) with MusicBrainz
Features
- Simply point your smartphone’s camera to a barcode and instantly receive information about it. You can also scan barcodes through a picture in your smartphone.
- With a simple scan, read business cards, add new contacts, add new events to your agenda, open URL or even connect to Wi-Fi.
- Scan Food products barcodes to receive information about their composition thanks to the databases Open Food Facts and Open Beauty Facts.
- Search information about the product you scan, with a quick research on different websites such as Amazon or Fnac.
- Keep track of all your scanned barcodes with the history tool.
- Generate your own barcodes.
- Customize the interface with different colors, with a light theme or a dark one. The interface is built with Material 3 and is compatible with Material You, allowing you to adjust colors based on your wallpaper for devices running on Android 12 or later.
- Texts are entirely translated in English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, German, Turkish, Italian, Ukrainian, Polish, Dutch, Romanian and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional).
Open Source
The code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later (GPL-3.0-or-later).
The source code is available on Gitlab.
If you find a bug, you can report it in the issue tracker.
If you want to translate app, you can use Weblate or make a merge request on Gitlab.
If you have any questions regarding contributions or translations, feel free to open an issue or contact me by e-mail.
Donation
If you like Barcode Scanner, you can support me via Liberapay or Ko-fi.