Zovo Barcode MCP Server
Generate and scan barcodes and QR codes with AI agents. Local-first, free, no signup.
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Two ways to run it, both free to start. Open mcp.zovo.one/mcp/connect, copy the barcode URL and paste it into any client that takes a URL. It already carries a free token, so there is nothing to install, no account and no header to set. The URL is https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/barcode/t/<token>. The token is not optional: the bare https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/barcode connects and lists its tools and then answers every tool call with HTTP 401, so use the link from /mcp/connect or send Authorization: Bearer <token>. Or download barcode.mcpb and double-click it in Claude Desktop.
mcp-barcode
Make a QR code or a barcode in the conversation you are already in. Paste a URL and get a QR code you can put on a flyer. Give a client's invoice an EPC payment code their banking app scans and fills in for them. Print an EAN-13 for a product, a Code 128 for a shelf label, a WiFi code for the office wall, a vCard for a conference badge. Everything is drawn on your machine: no upload, no account, no API key, and no network call of any kind.
In the official MCP Registry (io.github.theluckystrike/barcode-qr-code-sepa-payment-ean13).
Listed on the AI Product Index — live remote endpoint at mcp.zovo.one/s/barcode, free tier, no signup.

npm publish for @theluckystrike/mcp-barcode is pending, so npx -y @theluckystrike/mcp-barcode returns 404 today. Until then, the .mcpb one-click bundle or a clone+build is the working path.
Install
Claude Desktop, ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):
{
"mcpServers": {
"barcode": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@theluckystrike/mcp-barcode"] }
}
}
Claude Code:
claude mcp add barcode -- npx -y @theluckystrike/mcp-barcode
Cursor, .cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"barcode": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@theluckystrike/mcp-barcode"] }
}
}
Tools
| tool | what it does |
|---|---|
qr_create | Text or a URL as a QR code, at any error correction level, SVG or PNG |
qr_wifi | A code that joins a WiFi network when scanned |
qr_vcard | A code that adds a contact (vCard 3.0) |
qr_payment_sepa | An EPC069-12 payment code a euro banking app scans: IBAN, name, amount, reference |
invoice_payment_qr | The payment code for an invoice, using the IBAN and name from your shared business profile |
barcode_create | Code 128, EAN-13, EAN-8 or UPC-A, with the check digit computed or verified |
barcode_batch | Many codes in one call, into a directory (Pro) |
code_list | What you have generated, and how much of this month's free allowance is left |
license_status, license_activate | Free or Pro, and activating a key |
Free vs Pro
| Free | Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Codes per calendar month | 20 | Unlimited |
| SVG (prints at any size) | Yes | Yes |
| PNG | No | Yes, 32 to 4000 px |
barcode_batch | No | Yes, up to 500 rows a call |
| QR, WiFi, vCard, SEPA payment codes, all four barcode symbologies | Yes | Yes |
Get Pro: https://mcp.zovo.one/buy/barcode - $19 one time, or $39 for every server in the suite, lifetime. Keys verify offline; nothing is sent anywhere.
A wrong check digit is refused, not redrawn
Give barcode_create twelve digits and the thirteenth is computed for you. Give it thirteen and the thirteenth is checked:
Error: EAN-13 check digit is wrong: "5901234123450" ends in 0, but the first 12 digits give 7.
Pass 5901234123457, or pass the first 12 digits and the check digit is computed. Nothing was written.
The alternative, silently redrawing the code the caller asked for, prints a label that scans as a different product, and nobody finds out until the till. The same rule applies to the IBAN in a payment code: it is validated with ISO 7064 mod 97 before anything is drawn, so a transposed pair of digits is caught here rather than by a payment that goes nowhere.
Measured: error correction M is free on a SEPA payment code, Q and H are not
A typical EPC payment record (IBAN, beneficiary, EUR 120.50, an invoice number) is 73 bytes. QR codes come in fixed capacity steps, so raising the error correction level does not raise the code size smoothly:
| level | recoverable | QR version | modules a side | change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | 7% | 4 | 33 | baseline |
| M | 15% | 4 | 33 | no change at all |
| Q | 25% | 6 | 41 | +24% |
| H | 30% | 7 | 45 | +36% |
L and M land in the same version 4 symbol: at this payload size the extra recovery data still fits in the same box, so choosing L over M buys nothing and gives up half the damage tolerance. That is why M is the default here. Q and H are worth asking for only when the code will be printed small, on something that creases, or behind a logo. On a 300 px PNG the same step costs bytes too: 2,419 at M against 3,462 at H.
Measured: SVG is flat, PNG grows 14x, and they cross at about 200 px
The same payment code written both ways, at five sizes:
| requested size | PNG bytes | SVG bytes |
|---|---|---|
| 128 px | 1,481 | 2,079 |
| 256 px | 2,186 | 2,079 |
| 512 px | 3,589 | 2,079 |
| 1024 px | 7,585 | 2,081 |
| 2048 px | 21,688 | 2,081 |
An SVG carries the module grid, not the pixels, so its size barely moves: the two extra bytes at 1024 px are the width attribute getting longer. Below roughly 200 px a PNG is smaller; above it the PNG grows without limit and the SVG does not, and the SVG is the one that stays sharp when a printer scales it up. That is the reason the free tier is the SVG tier rather than a small-PNG tier: for the thing most people do with a code, put it in a document and print it, SVG is the better file, not the consolation prize.
Privacy
Everything stays on your machine. There is no network code in this server at all: no fetch, no HTTP client, no telemetry. Codes are written where you say, and a small register of what was generated lives under ~/.local/share/mcp-servers/barcode/ (or $XDG_DATA_HOME). License keys verify offline with a public key.
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First five minutes
Three prompts that scored 3 of 3, measured in round 13, 2026-09-04. Paste one in as it is written.
Make a QR code for https://mcp.zovo.one and give me the SVG.
Paste this into Claude with the server connected.
What it did, measured in round 13, 2026-09-04: Version 2, 25x25 modules, ECC M, 20 bytes of payload, viewBox 0 0 33 33 (25 modules plus a 4-module quiet zone each side).
EAN-13 barcode for 590123412345.
Paste this into Claude with the server connected.
What it did, measured in round 13, 2026-09-04: 5901234123457, 'Check digit 7 was computed and added', 95 modules plus an 11-module quiet zone each side, inline SVG.
WiFi QR for my guest network Studio Guest, password letmein2026, WPA2.
Paste this into Claude with the server connected.
What it did, measured in round 13, 2026-09-04: Version 3, 29x29, Network "Studio Guest".
On the free tier for this path: 20 codes per calendar month, SVG output at any size, every symbology, EPC SEPA payment codes, WiFi and vCard codes, and the local register.
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