Create EAN, UPC, Code 128 and more — download as SVG or PNG.
This free generator creates print-ready barcodes in nine industry formats — EAN‑13, EAN‑8, UPC‑A, Code 128, Code 39, ITF‑14, MSI, Pharmacode, and Codabar. Pick a format, type or paste your value, and the barcode renders instantly with live validation that explains exactly what the selected format accepts.
The tool also handles the fiddly parts for you: for the GTIN family (EAN, UPC, ITF‑14) it computes and appends the check digit automatically — or verifies it when you paste the full number — and for Codabar it adds the required start/stop letters. Everything runs inside your browser: nothing you type is uploaded, stored, or sent to any server.
When the barcode looks right, download it as SVG for razor-sharp professional printing or as a high-resolution PNG for documents and design tools. If your label needs to carry a link, a menu, or contact details instead of a product number, a QR code is usually the better fit — try the free QR generator.
Three families cover almost every real-world job.
Anything sold at a checkout — supermarkets, pharmacies, bookshops — expects an EAN‑13 (or UPC‑A in North America) built from a GS1-issued company prefix. Small packages that cannot fit the full code use EAN‑8.
Shipping cartons and pallets carry ITF‑14 — the product GTIN wrapped with a packaging-level digit. Tracking numbers, waybills, and warehouse labels that mix letters and digits use Code 128, the logistics workhorse.
Asset tags, employee badges, and equipment labels do not need a GS1 number — Code 39 reads on virtually every scanner ever made. Libraries, labs, and blood banks still run on Codabar; digits-only shelf bins often use MSI.
A local food producer registers a company prefix with GS1 Saudi Arabia, then generates the EAN‑13 for each flavor here — pasting the twelve-digit body and letting the tool append the check digit — before sending the SVG to the packaging printer.
An online store prints a Code 128 barcode of each order number on the parcel label, so the courier hub and the returns desk scan the same reference instead of retyping it — fewer mis-routed boxes during sale seasons.
An IT team labels laptops, printers, and network gear with Code 39 asset numbers. Any handheld scanner in any branch reads them, and the yearly inventory count drops from days of manual checking to a walk-through with a scanner.
Use a barcode when a machine reads the code: retail checkout, warehouse scanners, and packaging lines all expect EAN, UPC, or Code 128. Use a QR code when a person scans with a phone — it holds far more data (links, Wi-Fi, contact cards) and still reads when partially damaged. Many products carry both: a barcode for the till and a QR for the customer.
Retail products need an EAN-13 (or UPC-A for North America) built from a GS1-assigned company prefix — stores will not accept a made-up number. In Saudi Arabia, GS1 Saudi Arabia issues these prefixes. This tool renders the barcode itself; the number must come from your GS1 registration.
The last digit of EAN, UPC, and ITF-14 codes is computed from all the others so scanners can catch typos and misreads. You do not need to calculate it: paste the 12-digit body of an EAN-13 and this tool appends the correct digit automatically, or paste all 13 digits and it verifies them.
SVG is a vector file — it stays razor-sharp at any print size, so use it for packaging, labels, and anything a professional printer produces. PNG is a ready-to-place image for documents, spreadsheets, and design tools that do not accept SVG; this tool exports it at 3× resolution so it prints cleanly too.
No. Validation, check-digit math, rendering, and both downloads all run inside your browser — nothing you type is sent to a server or stored. You can even generate barcodes for internal product numbers or unreleased SKUs without any confidentiality concern.
The usual culprits are a missing quiet zone (the blank margin on both sides), printing too small or below 300 DPI, low ink contrast, or stretching the image so the bar widths change ratio. Keep the built-in margin, scale proportionally only, print dark bars on a light background, and always test-scan one printed sample before a full production run.
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