QR Code Generator

A link people scan instead of typing

Your restaurant's online menu, your shop page, a sign-up form for an event: print the address on paper and half the people will mistype a letter. A QR code fixes that, since all they have to do is point their phone camera at it. Jood's generator turns any link or text into a QR code image, ready to download and print.

How to use it

1. Paste the link or type the text into the box.
2. Click "Start Now".
3. Click the download button to save the code as a PNG image.

What to know about the code you get

• A static code that never expires: the link is written into the code itself, with no redirect service in between. It will still work years from now, and no subscription can switch it off. The flip side is that if your address changes, you need a new code.
• It is made on Jood's server with a built-in library, so your text is not sent to any other company and is not kept afterwards.
• The limit is about 1,200 bytes, plenty for any normal link.
• The image is black on white, with the white margin the standard calls for, about 480 pixels across.

Tips before you print

• Scan the code with at least two different phones before printing hundreds of copies.
• Keep it at least about 2.5 cm (one inch) wide on anything read up close, and make it bigger on posters seen from a distance.
• The shorter the link, the simpler the code and the easier it scans. Strip long tracking parameters if you do not need them.
• Leave the white margin in place and do not put a logo or text over the code.

A handy idea: a Wi-Fi code

You can enter a line like WIFI:T:WPA;S:YourNetwork;P:YourPassword;; and put the code up in your office or at home. Guests point their phone at it and join without typing the password. Keep in mind that anyone who scans the code can read the password.

To get a clean address before you put it in the code, try the URL slug generator.

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