# zxing-cpp

**Repository Path**: shaoshunda/zxing-cpp

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: zxing-cpp
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: C++
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2026-04-02
- **Last Updated**: 2026-04-02

## Categories & Tags

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## README

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# ZXing-C++

ZXing-C++ ("zebra crossing") is an open-source, multi-format linear/matrix barcode image processing library implemented in C++.

It was originally ported from the Java [ZXing library](https://github.com/zxing/zxing) but has been developed further and now includes many improvements in terms of runtime and detection performance. It can both read and write barcodes in a number of formats. Since version 3.0 the default writing backend is provided by the [zint library](https://sourceforge.net/projects/zint/).

## Features

* Written in pure C++20 (public API is C++17 compatible), no third-party dependencies (for the library itself)
* Thread safe
* Wrappers/Bindings for:

    | | | |
    |:-|:-|:-|
    | [Android](wrappers/android/README.md) | [C](wrappers/c/README.md) | [Go](wrappers/go/README.md) |
    | [iOS](wrappers/ios/README.md) | [Kotlin/Native](wrappers/kn/README.md) | [.NET](wrappers/dotnet/README.md) |
    | [Python](wrappers/python/README.md) | [Qt](wrappers/qt/README.md) | [Rust](wrappers/rust/README.md) |
    | [WebAssembly](wrappers/wasm/README.md) | [WinRT](wrappers/winrt/README.md) | [Flutter](https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_zxing) (external project) |

## Supported Formats

| Symbology | Variants |
|:----------|:---------|
| ***Retail:*** | *(Point-of-Sale, Coupons)*
| EAN/UPC | EAN-13, EAN-8, EAN-5ᵂ, EAN-2ᵂ, UPC-A, UPC-E, ISBN
| DataBar | Omnidirectional, Stacked, Limited, Expanded, Expanded Stacked
| ***Industrial:*** | *(Logistics, Tracking, Pharma)*
| Code39 | Standard, Extended, PZN, Code32, (VIN, LOGMARS)
| Code93 |
| Code128 |
| ITF | ITF-14, (DHL Leitcode, DHL Identcode)
| ***Matrix:*** | *(Documents, Tickets, Logistics, IDs)*
| Aztec Code | Aztec Code, Aztec Rune
| Data Matrix | ECC200
| MaxiCode | (partial read support)
| PDF417 | PDF417, Compact PDF417, MicroPDF417ᵂ
| QR Code | Model 1ᴿ, Model 2, Micro QR Code, rMQR
| ***Other:*** | *(Legacy, Niche)*
| Codabar |
| DXFilmEdge |


[Note:]
 * ᵂ : write support only
 * ᴿ : read support only
 * DataBar used to be called RSS.
 * DataBar, DX Film Edge, MaxiCode, Micro QR Code and rMQR Code are not supported for writing if the library is configured with `ZXING_WRITERS=OLD`.

## Sponsors

You can sponsor this library at [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/axxel).

| | Named Sponsors: |
|:-:|:-|
| [![jknlsn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9172090?s=32)](https://github.com/jknlsn) | [Jake Nelson](https://github.com/jknlsn) |
| [![KURZ](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25196688?s=32)](https://github.com/kurzdigital) | [KURZ Digital Solutions GmbH & Co. KG](https://github.com/kurzdigital) |
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| [![Somco Software](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/41477867?s=32)](https://github.com/somcosoftware) | [Somco Software](https://somcosoftware.com/en) |
| [![synedra](https://www.synedra.com/favicon.ico)](https://synedra.com/) | [synedra information technologies GmbH](https://synedra.com/) |

Thanks a lot for your contribution!

## Getting Started

### To read barcodes:
1. Load your image into memory (3rd-party library required).
2. Call `ReadBarcodes()` from [`ReadBarcode.h`](core/src/ReadBarcode.h), the simplest API to get a list of `Barcode` objects.

A very simple example looks like this:
```c++
#include "ZXing/ZXingCpp.h"
#include <iostream>

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    int width, height;
    unsigned char* data;
    // load your image data from somewhere. ImageFormat::Lum assumes grey scale image data.

    auto image = ZXing::ImageView(data, width, height, ZXing::ImageFormat::Lum);
    auto options = ZXing::ReaderOptions().formats(ZXing::BarcodeFormat::QRCode);
    auto barcodes = ZXing::ReadBarcodes(image, options);

    for (const auto& b : barcodes)
        std::cout << ZXing::ToString(b.format()) << ": " << b.text() << "\n";

    return 0;
}
```
To see the full capability of the API, have a look at [`ZXingReader.cpp`](example/ZXingReader.cpp).

### To write barcodes:
1. Create a `Barcode` object with `CreateBarcodeFrom...()` from [`CreateBarcode.h`](core/src/CreateBarcode.h).
2. The `Barcode::symbol()` can be used to get access to the bit matrix (1 module == 1 pixel, no quiet zone)
3. Alternatively the 3 `WriteBarcodeTo...()` functions from [`WriteBarcode.h`](core/src/WriteBarcode.h) can be used to create an `Image`, a SVG string or a UTF-8 string representation.

A very simple example looks like this:
```c++
#include "ZXing/ZXingCpp.h"
#include <iostream>

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    auto barcode = ZXing::CreateBarcodeFromText("some text", ZXing::BarcodeFormat::QRCode);
    auto svg = ZXing::WriteBarcodeToSVG(barcode);

    // see also ZXing::WriteBarcodeToImage()

    std::cout << svg << "\n";

    return 0;
}
```

As an example for how to parameterize the process with `CreatorOptions` and `WriterOptions`, have a look at [`ZXingWriter.cpp`](example/ZXingWriter.cpp).

### Online API documentation

The latest API documentation can be found here: https://zxing-cpp.github.io/zxing-cpp/docs/latest

## Web Demos
- [Read barcodes](https://zxing-cpp.github.io/zxing-cpp/demo/demo_reader.html)
- [Write barcodes](https://zxing-cpp.github.io/zxing-cpp/demo/demo_writer.html)
- [Read barcodes from camera](https://zxing-cpp.github.io/zxing-cpp/demo/demo_cam_reader.html)

[Note: those live demos are not necessarily fully up-to-date at all times.]

## Build Instructions
These are the generic instructions to build the library on Windows/macOS/Linux. For details on how to build the individual wrappers, follow the links above.

1. Make sure [CMake](https://cmake.org) version 3.16 or newer is installed. The python module requires 3.18 or higher.
2. Make sure a sufficiently C++20 compliant compiler is installed (minimum VS 2019 16.10? / gcc 11 / clang 12?).
3. See the cmake `ZXING_...` options to enable the testing code, python wrapper, etc.

```
git clone https://github.com/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp.git --recursive --depth 1
cmake -S zxing-cpp -B zxing-cpp/build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build zxing-cpp/build --parallel --config Release
```

[Note: ready to use packages are available for/as
[vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/tree/master/ports/nu-book-zxing-cpp),
[conan](https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/tree/master/recipes/zxing-cpp),
[mingw](https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/tree/master/mingw-w64-zxing-cpp),
[homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/zxing-cpp) and a bunch of
[linux distributions](https://repology.org/project/zxing-cpp/versions).]