A drop-in barcode API for any backend. 100+ symbologies, PNG and SVG, edge-cached at scale. Self-host the MIT-licensed core, or skip the setup and use our cloud.
No SDK, no auth dance, no rate-limit math. Just a URL. Identical URLs return identical bytes, so we cache aggressively at the edge — your repeat traffic doesn't even hit the meter.
A barcode endpoint shouldn't be the most exciting thing in your incident channel. The Barcode Company is the kind of dependency you forget about.
Identical URLs return identical bytes, forever. Responses ship with immutable headers — drop any CDN in front and your repeat traffic is free.
QR, DataMatrix, EAN, UPC, Code 128, PDF417, GS1 variants, postal codes, ISBN, ISMN, Aztec, MaxiCode, Han Xin — all of them.
MIT licensed. Self-host with a single docker run. We just make it easier if you'd rather not.
Same URL shape as QuickChart. Change the hostname; everything else keeps working. Migrate in two minutes.
Raster for the web, vector for print and big screens. Same endpoint, just append &format=svg.
It's a GET request. Use it in curl, an <img> tag, your backend, your spreadsheet — anywhere you can make HTTP.
No tiers, no metered dashboards. Run the open-source code yourself for free, or talk to us and we'll spin you up a managed endpoint.
Run the same code we run, on your own infrastructure. Free forever.
docker runWe host it, you call the URL. Pricing depends on your volume — we'll quote you a flat monthly number, not a meter.
The whole render engine is MIT licensed. Run it on your own infra, behind your own CDN, with zero per-request cost. Our cloud just removes the chores.
Yes. Same path (/barcode), same query params (type, text, format, width, height, scale, includeText, rotate). Change the hostname and your existing code works.
Email hello@thebarcodecompany.xyz with a sentence about what you're building and a rough estimate of monthly volume. We'll get you a URL and a flat monthly quote within a business day.
All ~100 symbologies the BWIPP standard defines — including QR Code, Data Matrix, Aztec, PDF417, EAN/UPC, Code 39/93/128, GS1 variants, postal codes (Royal Mail, USPS, Japan Post, AusPost), ISBN/ISMN/ISSN, MaxiCode, Han Xin, and Swiss QR.
Yes. The full server is MIT licensed and ships as a Docker image. Run it yourself for free, forever. The managed offering exists to save you the setup; the open-source code is the same code we run.
Most barcode workloads are wildly different — some send a thousand requests a month, some send tens of millions. A one-size price either rips off the small users or under-prices the large ones. A short email gives us a better answer for both sides.
Self-host in 60 seconds, or send us one email and we'll handle it.