A QR code that is actually yours
Most online QR generators route your code through their own redirect link. That lets them charge later, show ads, track every scan — and when their domain dies or your trial ends, every printed code dies with it. This generator encodes your content directly into the squares, in your browser. There is no middleman to expire: the code works as long as your link works, with unlimited scans, forever. It also means Wi-Fi passwords and contact details never leave your device.
Making codes that scan first time
- Contrast wins. Dark code on a light background is what every scanner is built for. Brand colours are fine while the code stays visually dark — test with a phone before printing a thousand stickers.
- Keep the quiet zone. The empty border is part of the spec; crowding artwork against the code is the most common reason a print fails to scan.
- Shorter content, simpler code. A short URL produces a coarse, forgiving pattern; a whole paragraph produces a dense one that needs a good camera. If your link is long, consider linking a shorter page.
- Match error correction to the fate of the print. M for screens and clean paper; H for anything laminated, weathered, or likely to be scratched.
- Size for the scan distance. Rule of thumb: the code should be at least a tenth of the distance it will be scanned from — a poster scanned from 3 m needs a ~30 cm code. Download the SVG and it prints sharp at any of these sizes.
What each mode encodes
Link / text is the classic: a URL opens in the browser, any other text is displayed. Wi-Fi
uses the standard WIFI: format that iOS and Android understand natively — guests scan and join, nobody types a
password. Contact produces a vCard, so scanning offers to save name, phone, email and company straight into
the address book — print it on the back of a business card. Email and Phone open a
pre-filled message or the dialler. All five are plain open standards, readable by any phone camera since 2017.
From code to artwork
The SVG download drops straight into Figma, Illustrator or a print layout and recolours like any vector. Placing it on a flyer you are sizing for print? The A4 print resizer gets the artwork to exact dimensions. Need the code as part of a social post? Generate it transparent and lay it over your design, then run the result through the social media resizer for every platform size at once.