Is Barcode Scanner safe?

Barcode Scanner is a free and open-source app that allows you to read and generate barcodes. It can collect information about food products, cosmetics books and music (CDs, Vinyls…). Different barcodes formats are managed by the app : • 2 dimensions bar codes: QR Code, Data Matrix, PDF 417, AZTEC • 1 dimension bar codes: EAN 13, EAN 8, UPC A, UPC E, Code 128, Code 93, Code 39, Codabar, ITF Collec…

Developer: Atharok
Category: Multimedia
Earliest archived version: 10 Jul 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

10 Jul 2026

1.26.3

Fixed an issue where 1D barcodes were no longer detected horizontally. - Updated translations (Weblate).

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.atharok.barcodescanner

Latest APK SHA-256f76c033c47bf2d79aa1b40aa8869e2d659b82d4ce41048e0a6b1c70c48309cb6

Signing certificateEB:F1:67:ED:88:46:61:3E:6B:AE:94:3D:63:CB:3D:EB:37:03:30:7C:68:2E:BB:47:DF:4A:3F:43:31:AF:18:76

MIN ANDROID23TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.26.310 Jul 202623+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions9 declared · 3 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_CONTACTS

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.READ_CONTACTS android.permission.VIBRATE com.atharok.barcodescanner.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗