QR code maker
Make a QR code for a link, a message, your Wi-Fi or a contact card. It updates as you type, and you can save it as a picture.
If you leave out https://, it is added for you.
Arabic and English both work. Shorter text makes a simpler code that is easier to scan.
Anyone who scans this code gets the password. Share it only with people you would tell the password to.
The phone that scans it offers to save you as a contact. Only put in what you are happy for anyone who sees the code to have.
How much of the code can be dirty, torn or covered and still scan. Higher protection makes a busier code. M suits screens, Q or H suits printed signs.
Runs on your device. Nothing you type is uploaded or saved.
Your QR code
Good for a guest room, a desk or a shop counter. The password is only printed if you tick the box.
What is inside the code
You cannot read a QR code with your eyes. Before you open one, check the address your camera shows. Fake codes stuck over real ones on parking meters and posters are a known trick. Spot the scam tricks
Good to know
Scan the code with two different phones before printing many copies. Keep a white border around it and print it at least about 2 cm wide.
This code holds your link or text directly, so it keeps working for as long as the link does. There is no tracking and no account.
Most phone cameras can join a network from a Wi-Fi code. If you change the router password, make a new code.
PNG is a normal picture for messages and documents. SVG stays sharp at any size, which is best for printing and design files.
Sources: ISO/IEC 18004 (the QR code standard) and DENSO WAVE, the inventor of the QR code (qrcode.com), on error-correction levels L, M, Q and H restoring about 7%, 15%, 25% and 30% of the code; the ZXing project's "Barcode Contents" notes for the Wi-Fi format (WIFI:T:…;S:…;P:…;H:…;;); RFC 2426 for the vCard 3.0 contact format. Codes are made in your browser with qrcode-generator by Kazuhiko Arase (MIT licence, licence). "QR Code" is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.