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QR Code Generator

Create a QR code from any text or URL — free.

A QR code turns any text or link into a scannable square barcode. This free generator creates a high-resolution QR code you can download and print — for a website, menu, Wi-Fi, business card and more. No account, no watermark, no expiry.

How to use it

  1. Type or paste your text, URL or data.
  2. The QR code is generated instantly as you type.
  3. Download the PNG and print or share it.

Frequently asked questions

Are the QR codes free to use commercially?

Yes. QR codes generated here are free to use anywhere, including commercially, with no licence or attribution.

Do these QR codes expire?

No. These are static QR codes — the data is encoded directly in the image, so they work forever and never expire.

What can I put in a QR code?

A website link, plain text, an email, a phone number, Wi-Fi credentials, a location and more — anything that fits as text.

How do I scan a QR code?

On most phones, just open the camera app and point it at the code — a notification appears to open the link or content.

What does QR Code Generator do?

Create a QR code from any text or URL — free.

When would I actually use this?

Finding out how big a thing will be before you make it: how many gigabytes an hour of footage takes, how long a file needs on the connection you have, how large a photo prints before it goes soft, what bitrate fits the budget you were given.

What is the most common mistake?

Reading a figure in one unit next to a figure in another. Megabits are not megabytes and the eight-fold gap sinks most transfer estimates; a kilobyte is 1 000 bytes to a drive maker and 1 024 to the operating system; pixels are not dots per inch. None of it is hard arithmetic — the unit on each side is what decides whether the answer means anything.

What else is filed next to it?

ASCII code converter, HTTP Status Code Reference and Morse code translator share its section. They are not variants of it — being filed together is not the same as being alike — but that is where to look if this turned out not to be the tool you wanted.

Where do the figures come from?

Byte prefixes follow the IEC convention where a kibibyte is 1 024 bytes and a kilobyte is 1 000 — drive makers use the second, operating systems often report the first, and a disk that shrinks on arrival is that gap and nothing else. Print sizing assumes 300 dpi unless you change it.

Further reading

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