Free QR code generator. No off switch.
Your link is written into the code itself, with no server in between. It never expires, and there is nothing to pay for, now or later.
- Never expires
- No sign-up, no watermark
- Vector PDF & SVG with your logo
- Runs in your browser
Fill in the form and your code appears here.
- A decoder in your browser read this code back and got exactly your data. Scan one printed copy with your phone before a large print run.
Your data and logo stay on this device. Nothing is uploaded.
Colors and shape
Ready-made styles
Color presets
Pattern
Corners
Gradient
Logo
A logo hides part of the code, so error correction is raised and the size is limited to what the code can safely repair.
Error correction
A phone can still read a code that is partly damaged: scratched, dirty or covered by a logo. This level sets how much damage it can recover from. A higher level gives more reserve, but the code gets denser, with smaller squares, and holds less data.
Most people should leave Automatic: it picks M, or H with a logo, and lowers the level if the data does not fit. Choose Q or H for codes outdoors or on packaging that can get damaged, and L or M for long text or very small print. With a logo the level is never below Q.
Try to break it
The code is printed. Now pick what happens next.
Dynamic code
Camera → their server → your page
Opens your page
Everything works while the service runs and the plan is active.
Direct code, made here
Camera → your page
Opens your page
The phone reads your link straight from the printed squares.
Dynamic code
Camera → their server → your page
May stop working
It depends on the provider’s terms. Some pause the redirect until you pay again.
Direct code, made here
Camera → your page
Opens your page
There is no plan behind this code, so nothing can lapse.
Dynamic code
Camera → their server → your page
Stops working
Every printed code points at a server that is gone.
Direct code, made here
Camera → your page
Opens your page
Even if this website disappears too. The code never needed it.
Dynamic code
Camera → their server → your page
Fails until you redirect it
You can send the printed code to a new address, if your plan is active.
Direct code, made here
Camera → your page
Fails too
The honest limit: a link only works while its page exists. Keep the address alive or print a new code.
Which one do you need?
| Direct code | Dynamic code | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost over the years | Free | Usually a subscription |
| If the QR company closes | Keeps working | Stops working |
| Who sees your scans | Nobody | The provider |
| Address people see before opening | Yours | Usually the provider’s |
| Wi-Fi and contact details without internet | Yes | Usually no |
| Change the destination after printing | Only through your own domain | Yes |
| Scan statistics for each code | No | Yes |
| Best for | Menus, plaques, packaging, business cards, Wi-Fi | Ad campaigns you measure, links that change often |
“But what if my link changes?”
Print an address on your own domain, and change where it leads whenever you like. You can still edit after printing, with no QR subscription. It takes a website of your own.
- Printed code → example.com/menu
- Now it leads to → winter menu
- You change it → spring menu
Turn a link into a QR code
Copy the address from your browser and paste it into the field above. The code appears as you type, and you can download it straight away, with no account and no email.
A free QR code generator built for print
Add your logo, choose colors and download a true vector PDF or SVG that a print shop can scale to any size, or a sharp PNG for screens. There is no watermark and no account.
Checked before you download
A logo covers part of the code, and low contrast can make it unreadable. This generator raises error correction, limits the logo to what the code can repair and reads every result back with a decoder in your browser. If the check fails you see a warning before you download anything.
Good for menus, posters and packaging
Restaurants, event organizers, teachers and small businesses print codes that must keep working for years. A direct code has no subscription behind it that can lapse. Just make sure the page it points to stays online, because the printed code cannot be changed later.
Questions
What size should I print a QR code?
As a rule of thumb, keep it at least 2 cm (0.8 in) wide and about a tenth of the scanning distance. Longer links make denser codes, which need more room. The generator warns you when the PDF size is too small for the data.
Will this QR code ever expire?
No. There is nothing that can expire: the code contains your data itself and works without any server. It keeps working as long as it can be scanned and, for a link, as long as that website exists.
Is it really free? Are there limits on scans?
Yes, it is free with no account. Scans are unlimited because nobody counts them: a scan happens entirely between the code and the phone. The site is paid for by advertising.
Do you see my data or logo?
No. The code is created in your browser and nothing is uploaded. You can load the page, go offline, and it keeps working.
Will it scan on every phone?
Every code is read back by a decoder in your browser before download, and you get a warning if that fails. That is a software check, so scan one printed copy with your own phone before a large print run.