Free QR code generator. Yours for good.

What is a QR code?

A QR code is a square pattern that a phone camera reads. Point the camera at it, and the phone offers to open a web page, show a text or join a Wi-Fi network. For a café, a salon or a shop, it’s the quickest way from a table, a flyer or a window to your website.

How to make a QR code

1. Choose what the code opens: a website, a text or a Wi-Fi network.
2. Type the web address. Include https:// so every phone opens it as a link. For Wi-Fi, type the network name, password and security type.
3. Pick a code colour and a background colour. The tool warns you if the code isn’t clearly darker than the background.
4. Choose the download size for PNG: 512, 1024 or 2048 pixels.
5. Download SVG or PNG, and scan the code with your own phone before you use it.

Static codes never expire

This tool makes static QR codes: the address or text lives in the pattern itself. The code works for as long as the thing it points to exists, with no account and no subscription behind it.

Many “free” QR services make dynamic codes instead: the pattern points to their redirect server, which forwards to your page. When the trial ends, the printed code stops working. Want to change where a code leads later? Point it at a page on your own website, and change the page instead.

QR codes for menus and tables

A QR code on a table or in the window works best when it leads to a real web page: a menu page on your site, not a PDF. Pages load faster on phones, are easier to read, and you can update prices without reprinting the code.

Wi-Fi QR codes

A Wi-Fi code holds the network name, password and security type in a standard format (WIFI:T:WPA;S:name;P:password;;). iPhones and Android phones join straight from the camera, handy for guests, cafés and waiting rooms.

How to print a QR code that scans

• Print it at least 2 × 2 cm, and larger the further away people stand: about one tenth of the scanning distance.
• Keep the white border around the code (the quiet zone).
• Keep the code darker than the background.
• Download SVG for print and signs: it stays sharp at any size. PNG suits documents and social posts.
• Test it with two different phones before you print a batch.

Common QR code mistakes

• A trial code from a QR service. It stops working when the trial ends, and it’s already printed.
• A link to a PDF menu. It’s slow and fiddly on a phone. Link to a menu page instead.
• Too much text. A long text makes a dense code that is hard to scan. Put the text on a page and link to it.
• Light code on a dark background. Many phones can’t read it.