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QR codes that are actually free.

Type a name and a link. Get a QR code you can share, print and bookmark. No sign-up, no email, no tracking, no expiry date.

Takes about ten seconds. Nothing leaves your browser.

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A QR code that opens actuallyfreeqr
This one opens this website. Yours opens whatever you type.

Three fields and you are done.

There is no dashboard to learn and no settings to get wrong. The form is the whole product.

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    Name it

    Whatever you type appears above the code, so people know what they are pointing their camera at.

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    Paste your link

    Or a contact card, or any text. The code is drawn in your browser while you type.

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    Share it

    Download the image, print the page, or send the link — everyone who opens it sees the same code.

Why these codes outlive us.

Most “free” QR generators point the code at their own domain and forward the scan to you. That is the part they can later charge for, meter, or switch off. We do not do that.

Your link, not our redirect

The code contains your address and nothing else. A phone reads it and goes straight there — this website is not involved in the scan at all.

No tracking, by construction

Since scans never touch our servers, there is no scan count, no analytics and no log. Not a policy we could quietly change: a fact about how it works.

Printed today, working in ten years

If this site vanishes, every code it made keeps working. Nothing you make here can be held hostage later.

The link is the code

Your QR page carries the whole code in its address. Bookmark it, message it to a colleague, put it on a slide — it renders the same for everyone.

Questions people reasonably ask.

Is it really free? What is the catch?

It is really free, and there is no catch. There is no paid tier, no trial, no credit card and no upsell. The whole site is a few static files, so it costs almost nothing to run — charging you would be more work than giving it away.

Do I have to make an account or give you my email?

No. There is no sign-up form anywhere on this site, and no field asking for your email. Type a name and a link and you are done.

Do the QR codes expire?

Never. Your code contains your link directly, so it does not depend on this website staying online. If this site disappeared tomorrow, every QR code it ever made would keep working exactly as before.

Do you track scans?

We cannot, and that is deliberate. Scanning your code sends the phone straight to your link without passing through us, so there is no scan counter, no analytics dashboard and no log of who scanned what. There is no data because none is ever collected.

How do I share a QR code with other people?

Two ways, and both work. Download the image and send it around, or copy the page link — the entire code lives in that link, so anyone who opens it sees the same QR code. Handy when several people at an event need the same code on screen.

Can I print it on a poster?

Yes. The code is drawn as vector graphics, so it stays sharp at any size, and the downloaded image is high resolution. Printing the page directly gives you a clean, ready-to-pin sheet with the name on top.

What can a QR code hold besides a link?

Anything text-shaped. A link opens in the phone's browser, a contact card offers to save itself to the address book, and plain text is simply shown. All three are built into the form.

Where is my data stored?

Nowhere. The QR code is generated by your own browser, and the only copy of it is the link in your address bar and whatever image you choose to download. There is no database on our side to store it in.

Ready when you are.

No form to fill in first. No email to confirm. Just the thing you came for.

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