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+ZXing ("zebra crossing") is an open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing
+library implemented in Java, with ports to other languages.
+
+## Supported Formats
+
+| 1D product | 1D industrial | 2D
+| ---------- | ------------- | --------------
+| UPC-A      | Code 39       | QR Code
+| UPC-E      | Code 93       | Data Matrix
+| EAN-8      | Code 128      | Aztec (beta)
+| EAN-13     | Codabar       | PDF 417 (beta)
+|            | ITF           |
+|            | RSS-14        |
+|            | RSS-Expanded  |
+
+## Components
+
+### Active
+
+| *core*                | The core image decoding library, and test code
+| *javase*              | JavaSE-specific client code
+| *android*             | Android client, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android">Barcode Scanner</a>                                      |
+| *androidtest*         | Android test app, ZXing Test
+| *android-integration* | Supports integration with Barcode Scanner via `Intent`
+| *zxingorg*            | The source behind `zxing.org`
+| *zxing.appspot.com*   | The source behind web-based barcode generator at `zxing.appspot.com`
+
+Try the [http://zxing.appspot.com/generator web-based QR Code generator] and
+[http://zxing.org/w/ web-based barcode decoder].
+
+### Intermittently maintained
+
+There are also additional modules which are contributed and/or intermittently maintained:
+
+| *actionscript* | partial port to Actionscript
+| *glass-mirror* | partial implementation for the Google Glass Mirror API
+| *jruby*        | JRuby wrapper
+
+
+### Available in previous releases
+
+| *cpp*    | C++ port
+| *iphone* | iPhone client
+| *objc*   | Objective C port
+
+### Related third-party open source projects
+
+| *[https://sourceforge.net/projects/qzxing QZXing]* | port to Qt framework
+| *[http://zxingnet.codeplex.com/ ZXing .NET]* | port to .NET and C#, and related Windows platform
+
+### Other third-party open source projects
+
+| *[http://zbar.sourceforge.net/ ZBar]*          | Decoder in C++, especially for iPhone
+| *[http://sourceforge.net/projects/zint/ Zint]* | Barcode generator
+
+
+## Contacting
+
+Post to the [https://groups.google.com/group/zxing discussion forum] or tag a question with `zxing`
+on [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/zxing StackOverflow].
+
+## Etcetera
+
+_QR code is trademarked by Denso Wave, inc. Thanks to Haase & Martin OHG for contributing the logo._
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