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Every kind of barcode

34 symbologies: what they encode, where they’re used, and which you can generate or scan here.

Retail (UPC/EAN/GS1)

UPC-ARetail products in the United States and CanadaGenerateScan UPC-ESmall packages such as cans and candy barsGenerateScan EAN-13Retail products worldwide, books (ISBN), periodicals (ISSN)GenerateScan EAN-8Small retail packages outside North AmericaGenerateScan ISBN (Bookland EAN)BooksGenerateScan ISSNMagazines, newspapers and journalsGenerateScan EAN-2 and EAN-5 add-onsMagazine issue numbers, book pricesGenerateScan ITF-14Corrugated cartons and casesGenerateScan GS1-128Logistics labels: GTIN, batch, expiry, weight, shipping container codesGenerateScan GS1 DataBarFresh produce stickers, coupons, variable-measure goodsGenerateScan

Linear (1D)

Code 128Shipping, packaging, inventory, healthcareGenerateScan Code 39Automotive (AIAG), defence (LOGMARS), ID badges, inventoryGenerateScan Code 93Canada Post, electronics labelsGenerateScan Interleaved 2 of 5Warehouses, distribution, airline ticketsGenerateScan Standard 2 of 5 (Industrial)Early warehouse sorting, airline tickets, photo processingGenerate CodabarLibraries, blood banks, FedEx airbillsGenerateScan MSI PlesseySupermarket shelf labels, inventoryGenerate Code 11Telecommunications equipmentGenerate TelepenUK libraries and universitiesGenerateScan PharmacodePharmaceutical packaging control on production linesGenerate

Matrix (2D)

QR CodeLinks, payments, tickets, Wi-Fi details, menusGenerateScan Micro QR CodeTiny parts and electronicsGenerateScan Data MatrixElectronic parts, aerospace, pharmaceuticals (serialisation), GS1 healthcareGenerateScan Aztec CodeAirline boarding passes, rail ticketsGenerateScan MaxiCodeUPS package sortingGenerateScan DotCodeHigh-speed industrial printing, tobacco track and traceGenerate Han Xin CodeChinese logistics and government documentsGenerate

Stacked

PDF417Driver’s licences (AAMVA), boarding passes, shipping documentsGenerateScan Code 16KSmall items in healthcare and electronicsGenerate Code 49Early small-item labellingGenerate

Postal

POSTNETUS mail sorting (retired 2013)Generate PLANETUS mail tracking (retired)Generate Intelligent Mail barcodeUS mail sorting and trackingGenerate RM4SCC and KIXUK and Dutch mail sortingGenerate

Barcode

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Generation and reading use rxing (Apache 2.0), a Rust port of ZXing. Barcodes you make or scan are processed to answer your request and are not stored. GS1 prefix ranges show the issuing GS1 office, not the country of manufacture.

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