Hardware
What you need to use Stowpoke, and the tags, printers, readers and servers it works with.
Phones and computers
You need one of the first two. Everything else is optional.
| Device | What it does | Good to know |
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| iPhone XS, XR or lateriOS 17 or later | The Stowpoke app: reads and writes NFC tags, scans QR codes and barcodes, prints labels, sets up readers. Works on the phone alone, with the service, or with your own server. | Accounts for the Stowpoke service are made here, with Sign in with Apple. |
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| Android phone with NFCChrome or another current browser | Tap a Stowpoke tag or scan a label with the camera: it opens on this website. Find, move and edit there. | Uses your Stowpoke account or your own server. |
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| Any computerA current browser | This website: browse, search, edit, move things, print a QR label, export. | With the Stowpoke service or your own server. |
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Tags and labels
| Kind | Works with | Good to know |
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| NFC tags: NTAG213, NTAG215, NTAG216Stickers, key fobs, cards | iPhone: read and write. Reader: read. Android: opens the tag's link. | Recommended. Stowpoke writes its link onto the tag, so any phone can open it. NTAG213 has room to spare. |
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| Other NFC tagsMIFARE Ultralight, DESFire (ISO 14443-A) | iPhone and reader: by their ID. | NTAG tags are the ones to buy. MIFARE Classic and ISO 15693 (NFC-V) tags don't work with iPhone. |
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| Stowpoke QR labels | The app, and any phone's camera. | Printed from the app or this website. Blank sheets can be printed ahead and given to things later. |
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| Barcodes already on things | The app's camera. | EAN-13 and UPC-A, EAN-8, UPC-E, Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, ITF-14, Interleaved 2 of 5, Data Matrix and any QR code. |
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Printing labels
| Printer | How | Labels |
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| Any AirPrint printerInkjet or laser | From the app, at true size. Labels can be gathered and printed as one sheet. | Avery 5160/8160, 22806 and 5163 (Letter); L7160, L7651 and L7163 (A4); and compatible sheets. Plain paper to cut. |
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| NiimbotB1, B21, M2, D11, D110, D101, and the 300 dpi Pro and -H models | Straight from the app over Bluetooth, one label after another. | B series: 50 × 30, 40 × 30 and 30 × 20 mm. D series: 12 × 40, 15 × 50 and 15 × 30 mm, and 12.5 × 109 mm cable labels (the code on both sides of the flag). |
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| AirPrint label printersSuch as Brother QL models with AirPrint | From the app. | 62 × 29 mm and the label sizes above. |
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| Other label printersSuch as DYMO | Share the label from the app as an image to the printer's own app. | 25 × 25 mm and the label sizes above. |
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| Any printer, from this website | Your browser's print. | One label at a time. |
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Readers
| Reader | What it does | Good to know |
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| LilyGO T-Embed CC1101 PlusESP32-S3 with a PN532 NFC reader | Scan tags without a phone, at a workbench or a door: put things away, take them out, look them up. | Set up from the iPhone app over Bluetooth, onto 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi. Works with the Stowpoke service. |
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Your own server
| Machine | Good to know |
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| Anything that runs Docker64-bit Intel/AMD or ARM | A home server, a NAS that runs containers, a Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 with a 64-bit system, or a cloud server. See Self-host. |
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Something you use that isn't here? Write to support@stowpoke.com.
