Barcode Scanner

An open-source app that allows you to read and generate barcodes for Android.

You may also download the APK directly from GitLab.

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 Open Library
• Music (CDs, Vinyls...) with MusicBrainz

App 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).

Screenshots

Donate

If you like Barcode Scanner, you can support me via Liberapay or Ko-fi.

Translation

If you want to translate Barcode Scanner, you can use Weblate or make a merge request.

Checksums

To verify the authenticity and integrity of the APK, compare its signature against the certificate fingerprints shown below:

SHA-256: 7ef567187de762dcc47116366e20c08c4673f68d445340673b72c42120ff40c7
SHA-1: 4d0484ab1a4da71a2fea2e53d134d4e3839440ed
MD5: 8d327b5dc6509672426d12bb47ae8012

Notes about third-party distribution platforms:

• Google Play: The app is re-signed by Google with its own key, so the certificate fingerprints will differ.
• F-Droid: The app is built from source and signed by F-Droid with its own key, so the certificate fingerprints will also differ.

Licences

The code is licensed under the GPLv3.

Dependencies:

• Activity KTX is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Google
• Preference KTX is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Google
• Lifecycle Livedata KTX is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Google
• AppCompat is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Google
• ConstraintLayout is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Google
• RecyclerView is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Google
• Material Components for Android is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Material Components
• CameraX is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Google
• Room is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Google
• Retrofit is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Square
• Gson is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Google
• Coil is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by coil-kt
• Koin is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by insert-koin.io
• ZXing is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Zxing
• Android Image Cropper is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by CanHub
• ez-vcard is licensed under FreeBSD by Michael Angstadt
• Color Picker is licensed under Apache License 2.0 by Atharok

Images:

• Material icons are licensed under Apache License 2.0
• Images of the flags are in the public domain