Barcode Generator MCP Server

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Barcode Generator is answering right now. Last checked 7 min ago. It exposes 3 tools.

Generate barcodes and QR codes in 35 symbologies: QR, Data Matrix, PDF417, EAN-13, Code 128, more.

Uptime history 25 hours of history

25 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

765 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Barcode Generator every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 7 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add barcode-generator --transport http https://www.barcodegen.net/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "barcode-generator": {
      "url": "https://www.barcodegen.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.barcode-generator]
url = "https://www.barcodegen.net/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "barcode-generator": {
      "url": "https://www.barcodegen.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "barcode-generator": {
      "url": "https://www.barcodegen.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 3

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

barcode

get_barcode_type

Return the full technical reference for one symbology: character set, data length, check digit rules, X-dimension and quiet-zone guidance, print ratio, magnification, governing standard, inventor and year, typical applications, FAQ, and related formats. Use this to pick a format for a requirement, or to find out why generate_barcode rejected a value.

list_barcode_types

List every symbology this server can generate (35 formats), grouped by family, with a one-line summary and sample data for each. Call this first when you are unsure which "type" to pass to generate_barcode. Optionally narrow by family (e.g. "EAN / UPC", "2D Barcodes") or category ("linear", "stacked", "2d").

generate

generate_barcode

Encode a value into any of 35 barcode and QR symbologies and return the rendered image. Supports QR Code, Data Matrix, PDF417, Aztec, EAN-13, UPC-A, Code 128/39/93, ITF-14 and more. Returns SVG markup by default (or a data: URI when asked), plus a link to the online generator pre-filled with the same value. Use "type" with the canonical name from list_barcode_types; common spellings like "qr" or "code-128" are accepted. Linear formats such as EAN-13 enforce strict charset and length rules and will fail on invalid input.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://www.barcodegen.net/mcp	streamable-http	answering	666 ms	7 min ago

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Barcode Generator — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Barcode Generator do?

It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: generate_barcode, get_barcode_type, list_barcode_types. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Barcode Generator working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 765 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Barcode Generator?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Barcode Generator need an API key?

No. Barcode Generator completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 3 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Barcode Generator?

It answers our handshake in 765 ms on average, which is faster than 12% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.