Features List

Note: These features refer to versions pre-2.0. When 2.0 is stable, this page will be updated

• Reads Tracks 1, 2, and 3 of magstripe cards, using an different Hardware interfaces(game port, keyboard, and parallel).
• Support game port based and Keyboard based magstripe Readers.
• Supports Multiple platforms (Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2K, XP; Linux, Unix-like systems) with a simple command line interface.
• Support LRC checking, to detect damaged cards. Supports cards swiped backwards
• Database support to identify a card type and show information about the contents of the card. Credit and banking cards, School IDs, Grocery cards, Gift cards, and more are supported.
• Raw mode (-r) and Input mode (-i) allow for analysis and research of card data, even without a hardware reader
• Supports a Force mode (-F), to force the parsing of damaged cards that fail checksum or parity tests.
• Debugging information available through command line option "-v"
• Contains extra tools to modify, verify, and generate magstripe bitstreams.
• Written in portable C++, which minimizing the effects of time critical loops.

The Change Log between versions is also available. Last Updated: