Barcode Scanner

Barcode Scanner by Atharok is an open-source reader and generator for both two-dimensional and conventional retail codes. It recognises QR Code, Data Matrix, PDF417 and Aztec, plus EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 128, Code 93, Code 39, Codabar and ITF. You can aim the camera at a code or choose an image already on the device.

This page covers F-Droid’s 1.26.3 build. We matched the 8.3 MB APK to F-Droid’s signed index, inspected its manifest and checked the exact 1.26.3 source tag. We did not test its camera focus or Wi-Fi connection flow on a physical phone.

Results and actions

Plain text remains text, while recognised structures get relevant actions. A URL can open in a browser; a vCard or event can be handed to the matching Android app; a Wi-Fi QR code can start a connection flow. The app can also create codes from text and supported structured data. Android still shows the final system or target-app confirmation where the platform requires one.

Scan history is kept locally. Entries can be viewed or deleted, the list can be cleared, CSV or JSON can be exported, and JSON can be imported; this version does not provide history search. The project says it does not collect personal information, and our static scan found no tracker SDKs. A code itself can be malicious, however: inspect a web address before opening it and do not treat a printed QR code as proof of who created it.

Automatic and optional online lookups

Product and media lookups are network features layered on top of local recognition. With the default automatic-query setting, EAN and UPC results are sent to the selected product database—Open Food Facts by default—and ISBNs beginning 978 or 979 are sent to Open Library. Product choices also include Open Beauty Facts and Open Pet Food Facts. Music results can contact MusicBrainz and then Cover Art Archive. Reopening a history item repeats the relevant query; the setting can be disabled. Each service receives the identifier and normal connection metadata. Results can be missing, community-edited or attached to the wrong regional product, so compare the package in hand rather than using a database answer as a safety or allergy guarantee.

Core decoding, code creation and local history do not require an account. They can be used offline after automatic remote queries are disabled, but product or book lookups, remote links and websites require a connection.

Permissions in context

The APK declares nine permissions. Camera is for live scanning, and vibration is feedback. Internet and network state support lookups and links. Wi-Fi state and Wi-Fi changes support joining a network represented by a scanned QR code. Fine location lets the code generator insert the device’s current position, while read-contacts supports importing contact data for a code you create. Grant only the optional access needed for the feature you intend to use.

Version 1.26.3 fixes detection of horizontally oriented one-dimensional barcodes, adds uppercase TEL: support when creating telephone codes, and updates translations and dependencies. The current official screenshots shown here are taken from the tagged project metadata; older duplicate image files in the F-Droid index were excluded rather than mixed into the gallery.

About this file

• This is F-Droid’s source build of 1.26.3, signed with F-Droid’s key. The developer publishes a separate signing fingerprint for other builds; those cannot update this F-Droid signing line in place.
• The 8.3 MB universal APK supports 32- and 64-bit ARM and x86 and needs Android 6.0 or later.
• Our static scan found no tracker SDKs. Optional database and web requests remain network activity even without a tracker library.
• Its measured SHA-256 is f76c033c47bf2d79aa1b40aa8869e2d659b82d4ce41048e0a6b1c70c48309cb6, matching the signed F-Droid index.
• Source-file headers permit GPL-3.0 or later, while F-Droid’s listing says GPL-3.0-only; this page follows the source headers. Material icons are documented as Apache-2.0 and flags as public domain; the project does not document licences for fourteen bundled Nutri-Score, Eco-Score and NOVA vector assets.

CPU types in this build: arm64-v8a (64-bit ARM, almost every phone since 2017); armeabi-v7a (32-bit ARM, older and budget phones); x86 (32-bit Intel, emulators); x86_64 (64-bit Intel, emulators and Chromebooks).

Versions currently kept in the F-Droid repository. We host and check only the newest one. Full changelog.