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CoBang vs Kodaskanna: catalog facts
CoBang	Kodaskanna
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the LGPL-2.1-or-later license.
Linux	Linux
Reads both QR codes and barcodes Native Linux desktop app	Reads 1D and 2D codes Makes scanned data available for further processing
Linux only No dedicated homepage beyond the GitHub repository	Linux installation is documented through Flathub and distribution package managers.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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