Stripe Snoop is a suite of research tools that captures, modifies, validates, generates, analyzes, and shares data from magstripe cards. The data is captured through different hardware interfaces (or stdin), the contents decoded into the correct character set, and then a CDDB-like database attempts to figure out what the contents mean.

Originally a proof of concept for an interfacing project, and then a spin off from a research project, Stripe Snoop has matured in the definitive software for accessing and understanding magstripes.

Strip Snoop is released under the GNU General Public License

Work is always occurring on Stripe Snoop. Join the Forums or Mailing Lists for more news.


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• Why Use it? - Why is Stripe Snoop important, and why should I want to use it? Answers lie within!
• Download - Download Stripe Snoop from SourceForge Mirrors around the world.
• Features - Feature set of the current version of Stripe Snoop. Also a ChangeLog showing changes between the various versions.
• Stripe Snoop FAQ - Answers to common questions about using Stripe Snoop, and the future of its development.
• Media - Videos and audio explaining some of the more interesting features of Stripe Snoop.
• Screen Shots - Screen Shot gallery of various Stripe Snoop versions.
• Developer - A nice set of documents describing how Stripe Snoop works, defines terms used, and technical references used by the program.
• Hardware - Detailed steps about how to construct a reader to use with Stripe Snoop.
• Project Page - The project page hosted by SourceForge. The latest project news, Support and Developer Forums, CVS Tree of the current code branch, and the latest file releases can be found here.
• Contact - Acidus can be contacted at