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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.

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  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

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

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ZBar bar code reader was added to AlternativeTo by sicco on and this page was last updated . 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

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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.