Label Printing Resources

A curated index of open-source utilities, drivers, libraries, and bridges for label printers — with a focus on Linux compatibility.

Snapshot: 2026-05-18 (updated 2026-05-18)

Each entry uses dynamic badges for ⭐ star count and last-updated date — the values refresh automatically when GitHub state changes.

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Table of Contents

• Brother
• Niimbot
• Dymo
• Zebra
• Multi-Brand / Bridges
• Format Conversion
• Label Design / General

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Brother

Printer-compatibility badges (best-effort, based on the upstream repo's stated/typical support): — Brother P-touch family. — applied to generic brother_ql-family libraries; verify in the upstream repo before assuming support for a specific model.

lprint

LPrint — a label printer application supporting many Brother, Dymo, Epson, and Zebra label printers via IPP Everywhere / AirPrint.

michaelrsweet/lprint

Label-Printer

Web-based label printer interface for Brother QL series.

RamyTalal/Label-Printer

brother_ql_web

Web service to print labels on Brother QL label printers.

pklaus/brother_ql_web

node-brother-label-printer (driehle)

Node.js library for Brother label printers.

driehle/node-brother-label-printer

bql-label-printer

Brother QL label printer interface.

splitbrain/bql-label-printer

PT-P300BT

Reverse-engineered Brother P-touch Cube PT-P300BT label printer protocol.

Ircama/PT-P300BT

node-brother-label-printer (yiqun12)

Alternative Node.js library for Brother label printers.

yiqun12/node-brother-label-printer

brother_ql

Python package for the raster language protocol of Brother QL label printers.

pklaus/brother_ql

tapen

CLI tool for Brother P-touch label printers.

corvis/tapen

brotherql_grocylabels

Brother QL label generator for Grocy.

sam159/brotherql_grocylabels

ptouch-print

Command-line tool to print on Brother P-touch label printers on Linux.

EtherGraf/ptouch-print

brother_pt

Driver/library for Brother P-touch printers.

treideme/brother_pt

brotherql (vxel)

Brother QL label printer library.

vxel/brotherql

Brother-Label-Printer-GUI

GUI front-end for Brother label printers.

danielrosehill/Brother-Label-Printer-GUI

ptouch (nbuchwitz)

Brother P-touch label printer driver.

nbuchwitz/ptouch

brother_ql2

Fork/successor of brother_ql with continued maintenance.

matmair/brother_ql2

brotherql-webusb

WebUSB-based printing for Brother QL label printers from the browser.

tylercrumpton/brotherql-webusb

ptouch (yoshinari-nomura)

Brother P-touch label printer utility.

yoshinari-nomura/ptouch

ptouch-rs

Rust implementation of a Brother P-touch driver.

vowstar/ptouch-rs

brother8100w-linux

Linux support / driver for the Brother QL-8100W label printer.

koptional-org/brother8100w-linux

brother-ql800-label-server

Label server for the Brother QL-800.

shay-mintzer/brother-ql800-label-server

go-mcp-ptouch-label-maker

Go-based MCP server for Brother P-touch label makers.

JeremyProffitt/go-mcp-ptouch-label-maker

brotherql (kurtinge)

Brother QL driver/utility.

kurtinge/brotherql

ha-brother-ql-printer

Home Assistant integration for Brother QL printers.

jzucker2/ha-brother-ql-printer

brother-ql (thermal-label)

Brother QL driver / library fork.

thermal-label/brother-ql

node-brother-ql

Node.js library for Brother QL printers.

berskde/node-brother-ql

ql-driver

Brother QL printer driver.

BRA1L0R/ql-driver

ptouch-print (e-control-systems)

Brother P-touch print utility (fork).

e-control-systems/ptouch-print

ohbrother

Brother label printing utility.

smcnultyos/ohbrother

labelprinterkit

Python toolkit for Brother P-touch label printers.

SunboX/labelprinterkit

ptouch-labelmaker

Brother P-touch label maker utility.

danhoban/ptouch-labelmaker

PT-P710BT-Label-GUI

GUI for printing labels on the Brother P-Touch Cube (PT-P710BT) — Ubuntu/KDE, wraps ptouch-print.

danielrosehill/PT-P710BT-Label-GUI

brother_ql (luxardolabs)

Modern Python library for Brother QL label printers (QL-810w to QL-1060N) — refactored fork of pklaus/brother_ql with type hints and enum-based API.

luxardolabs/brother_ql

ptouch-data

Converter between PNGs and print data for Brother P-touch label printers.

RavuAlHemio/ptouch-data

ptouch-webapp

WebApp to control a Brother P-Touch label printer.

the78mole/ptouch-webapp

ptouch-bt

Use a Brother P-touch over Bluetooth on Linux — print labels, read printer status, and generate print jobs without USB.

shyndman/ptouch-bt

pybrother

Small Python library and CLI tool for printing labels to Brother printers.

miracle2k/pybrother

swakes_print

Self-hosted web interface and REST API for printing labels on a Brother QL-series printer from a Raspberry Pi.

pqpxo/swakes_print

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Niimbot

hass-niimbot

Home Assistant integration for Niimbot label printers.

eigger/hass-niimbot

niimblue

Web-based label designer and printing interface for Niimbot printers.

MultiMote/niimblue

niimbot_label_printer

Niimbot label printer driver/utility.

andresperezmelo/niimbot_label_printer

NiimPrintX

Cross-platform GUI and CLI for Niimbot label printers.

labbots/NiimPrintX

inventree-niimbot-plugin

InvenTree plugin for printing labels on Niimbot devices.

piramja/inventree-niimbot-plugin

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Dymo

dymo-bluetooth

Python library for Dymo LetraTag Bluetooth label printers.

ysfchn/dymo-bluetooth

node-dymo-printer

Node.js driver for Dymo label printers.

kozmoz/node-dymo-printer

labelle

Successor / community fork of dymoprint — Python CLI/GUI for Dymo LabelManager devices.

labelle-org/labelle

labelle-web

Web front-end for the Labelle Dymo printing toolchain.

szrudi/labelle-web

inventree-dymo-plugin

InvenTree plugin for printing labels on Dymo devices.

wolflu05/inventree-dymo-plugin

LT200B-gui

GUI for the Dymo LetraTag LT-200B Bluetooth label printer.

sgilissen/LT200B-gui

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Zebra

Zebra (twam)

Zebra label printer utilities.

twam/Zebra

zebra_day

Python interface for Zebra label printers.

Daylily-Informatics/zebra_day

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Multi-Brand / Bridges

inventree-cups-plugin

InvenTree plugin that prints labels via CUPS — works with any CUPS-supported label printer.

wolflu05/inventree-cups-plugin

WebZLP

Browser-based ZPL (Zebra Programming Language) printing — runs in WebUSB.

Cellivar/WebZLP

thermoprint

Generic thermal label printer toolkit.

tomLadder/thermoprint

BleWebler

Bluetooth LE web printing bridge for label printers.

josb25/BleWebler

homebox-label-printer

Label printing integration for Homebox home inventory.

TheTinHat/homebox-label-printer

InvLabel

Label printing utility for InvenTree.

42CrMo4/InvLabel

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Format Conversion

DHLabel

Convert DHL shipping labels between formats for label printers.

manfred-mueller/DHLabel

image-to-label

Convert images to label-printer-ready formats.

Shugir/image-to-label

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Label Design / General

glabels-qt

Qt port of gLabels — a label/business-card designer for Linux.

j-evins/glabels-qt

ghostlabel

Label generation utility.

DoingFedTime/ghostlabel

openlabel

Open-source label design / printing project.

Dwarf1er/openlabel

pLabels

Label design / printing application.

Privatehive/pLabels

mhe-qrprinter

QR code label printer utility.

maxrbrook/mhe-qrprinter

label-print

Label printing tool.

Ardelean-Calin/label-print

CustomLabelManager

Custom label management application.

Jest0pher/CustomLabelManager

LabelScriber

Label design / generation utility.

ressu/LabelScriber

labelsis

Label printing / management tool.

aalarchiv/labelsis

nfcprint

NFC tag / label printing utility.

LeineLab/nfcprint

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Entry Format

Each entry follows this structure:

### Project Name

One-line description.

![Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/OWNER/REPO?style=flat) ![Last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/OWNER/REPO?style=flat)

[OWNER/REPO](https://github.com/OWNER/REPO)

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Contributing

Pull requests welcome. Please keep entries grouped by manufacturer and use the entry format above.