Utilities
QR Code Generator
Create QR codes for your menu, website, WiFi login, phone, or email and download them as PNG or SVG for print. Generated in your browser — no expiry, no tracking, free.
Fill in the url and your QR code appears here.
Generated in your browser — your links, numbers, and WiFi passwords never leave this page. No expiry, no tracking, yours forever.
✳ Free · No signup · Runs in your browser — we never store your numbers
Small business guide
What this tool helps you do
Use this free QR code generator to make codes for the things a small business actually prints: your menu link, your review page, your WiFi login, your phone number, your booking email. Pick the type, fill in one or two fields, and download the code as a PNG for screens and flyers or an SVG that stays razor-sharp at any print size.
Everything happens in your browser. That sentence carries more weight than it sounds: most "free" QR generators route your link through their server so they can track scans — which means your code breaks the day their trial ends or their domain dies. These codes encode your actual content directly, so they never expire, never redirect, and never phone home. A code you print on 500 menus today will scan identically in ten years.
How to use this tool
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Pick the content type: website link, plain text, phone number, email, or WiFi login.
- 2
Fill in the fields — for WiFi, that's the network name, security type, and password.
- 3
Choose a download size: 512px for screens and flyers, 1024px for posters, 2048px for large print.
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Download as PNG (drop into any document) or SVG (infinitely scalable for designers and print shops).
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Scan the result with your own phone before printing — always.
Examples
Table-tent menu code for a café
A café replaces laminated menus with a QR code on each table.
Inputs
- Type: Website / link
- URL: cafemaple.com/menu
- Size: 1024 × 1024px
Result
A code that opens the menu page directly. The "scans to" line confirms the exact URL — https://cafemaple.com/menu — before anything gets printed.
Because the URL is encoded directly (no redirect service), the code keeps working even if the café changes QR tools, stops paying for anything, or reprints years later. The only thing that can break it is changing the menu URL itself — so pick a URL you'll keep.
Guest WiFi card for a waiting room
An auto shop wants customers on guest WiFi without spelling the password aloud all day.
Inputs
- Type: WiFi login
- Network: ShopGuest, Security: WPA / WPA2, Password: brakepads2026
- Size: 512 × 512px
Result
A code that, when scanned with a phone camera, prompts "Join ShopGuest?" — no typing. Printed as a small framed card next to the coffee machine.
WiFi codes remove a dozen daily interruptions at zero cost. Remember the password is encoded in the image — anyone who scans the printed code can join, so use it for guest networks, not your main one.
Key terms
Static QR code
A code that encodes the destination itself — what this tool makes. It works forever and needs no service behind it. The tradeoff: you can't change the destination after printing.
Dynamic QR code
A code pointing at a redirect service that forwards to your real destination. Editable and trackable, but alive only as long as the service (and your subscription) is. Most "free" generators quietly make these.
Quiet zone
The white margin around the code. Scanners need it to find the code's edges — the generator includes it automatically; don't crop it away in your design.
SVG
A vector format that scales to any size without pixelation. Hand the SVG to your print shop for banners, vehicle wraps, or anything bigger than a poster.
How to interpret the result
Match the size to the scan distance
A rough rule: the code should be at least one-tenth of the scanning distance. A table tent scanned from 25 cm needs 2.5 cm; a poster scanned from 3 meters needs ~30 cm. When in doubt, print bigger and test from the actual distance a customer would stand. The 2048px download exists so print never becomes the bottleneck.
Test like a customer, not like an owner
Before printing a run, scan the code with an older phone, in the actual lighting, at the actual angle. Check that the "scans to" line shows exactly what you intended — a typo in a URL is invisible in the pattern and permanent on paper. If the code opens a page, load it on cellular data too: a menu that needs the shop WiFi defeats itself.
Common mistakes
- Printing without a test scan, then discovering a typo'd URL on 500 flyers.
- Using a tracking/redirect QR service for printed material, then losing every code when the trial ends.
- Shrinking the code below scannable size to fit a design, or cropping off the white quiet zone.
- Putting a QR code on a website — codes are for bridging *physical* to digital; on a screen, use a link.
- Linking to a slow, non-mobile page; the scan is instant, and the page should be too.
Frequently asked questions
Is this QR code generator really free?+
Yes — completely. No account, no watermark, no scan limits, no expiry. The codes are generated in your browser and they're yours.
Do these QR codes expire?+
No. They encode your content directly rather than routing through a tracking service, so there is nothing to expire. They work as long as the thing they point to exists.
Do you track scans or store what I encode?+
No — generation happens entirely in your browser, so your links, phone numbers, and WiFi passwords never reach our servers. The flip side: we can't offer scan analytics. If you need counts, encode a URL with UTM parameters (our UTM Link Builder pairs well) and read the numbers in your own analytics.
PNG or SVG — which should I download?+
PNG for anything on a screen or standard office printing; it drops into Word, Canva, and email. SVG for professional printing — it scales to banner size with perfectly crisp edges. Same code either way.
Can I change where the code points after printing?+
Not with a static code — the destination is baked into the pattern. Plan for it: encode a URL on your own domain (yoursite.com/menu) and you can change what that page shows anytime without touching the code.
How do customers scan a WiFi QR code?+
On both iPhone and Android, the built-in camera recognizes it and offers to join the network — no app needed. Print it where guests sit, and the "what's the WiFi password?" question answers itself.