Free barcode generator for products: EAN-13 and Code 128

EAN-13 is the 13-digit barcode on almost every packaged product in India. The first digits identify the company that issued it (890 for codes issued in India), the next digits identify the product, and the last digit is a check digit worked out from the other twelve. A scanner recalculates that digit on every scan, so a smudged or misread code is rejected instead of billing the wrong item. This EAN-13 barcode generator works the check digit out for you.

Code 128 can carry letters, digits and symbols of any length. It is the right choice for your own item codes (SHIRT-M-BLUE, BOLT-M8-50), godown bin labels and asset tags. It packs long runs of digits two to a symbol, so a numeric item code stays short enough for a small sticker.

GS1 is the body that hands out product barcode numbers worldwide, and GS1 India issues the numbers that start with 890. A product that will sit on a supermarket shelf, go to a retail chain or be listed on an online marketplace needs one of these, because the buyer's system checks that the number is really registered to your company. You register with GS1 India, they give your company a number range, and you assign one number to each product.

If you only need to bill faster at your own counter, you do not need GS1. Barcodes that start with 2 are set aside for use inside one business. The in-store helper in this barcode label maker builds them as 2 + your item number + a check digit, so item 1 is 2000000000015, item 2 is 2000000000022, and so on. They scan like any other EAN-13 but mean nothing outside your shop, so never print them on goods you sell on to other businesses.

This free tool makes one barcode at a time. In VyapRise barcode billing, the barcode is a field on each item: you can type the manufacturer's EAN-13, UPC or Code 128, or let VyapRise generate an in-store EAN-13 starting with 2. Scanning manufacturer barcodes on sales invoices is on the Free plan; scanning on purchase bills, in-store codes and label printing are part of Pro (₹1,499 per year, and in the 7-day free trial).

Label printing works from the same item list. Pick the items and the number of copies, choose an A4 sheet (65, 40, 24, 21, 12, 8 or 4 labels per sheet, or a custom size) and print. A label can carry the item name, barcode, MRP and net quantity, plus a batch number and MFG or expiry date that you type for that print run; those dates are printed, not stored against the stock.

At billing time a USB or Bluetooth scanner adds the item to a sales invoice, or to a purchase bill (Pro), in one beep, and the stock updates in inventory. The full-screen POS counter also bills by scanning; POS is part of Pro. Labels print on A4 sheets or on 50 × 25 mm and 38 × 25 mm roll labels through the browser print dialog, with no printer-specific driver. To be clear about what it does not do yet: VyapRise does not scan with a phone camera.