Free QR Code Generator

Create a custom QR code for a link, Wi-Fi network, contact card, WhatsApp chat, event, or message. No signup, no expiry, and nothing you type ever leaves your browser.

  • 10 types, no account
  • Codes never expire
  • PNG, SVG & PDF
  • Encoded in your browser
  • Free for commercial use

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All QR Code Tools

Choose a tool below to get started. Every tool is free, runs in your browser, and requires no account.

Core QR code generators

The types most people need: a link, a message, a document, a date.

URL QR Code Generator

Turn any link into a QR code in seconds. Free, no signup, no expiry. Download PNG, SVG or PDF, add your logo, and track every scan with linkutm.

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Text QR Code Generator

Create a QR code that shows plain text on scan. No link, no app, no internet needed. Free, no signup, works offline for labels, tags and instructions.

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QR Code for a PDF

Make a free QR code for a PDF. Host the file, paste its link, and download a PNG, SVG, or print-ready code for brochures, manuals, and price lists.

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Email QR Code Generator

Make a QR code that opens a new email with your address, subject and message already filled in. Free, no signup, ideal for support desks and enquiry forms.

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SMS QR Code Generator

Generate a QR code that opens the messaging app with your number and message ready to send. Free, no signup — perfect for keyword campaigns and opt-ins.

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Call QR Code Generator

Make a QR code that dials your number on scan. Free click-to-call QR for shop windows, vehicles, signage and service ads. No signup, never expires.

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QR Code for an Event

Create a free event QR code that adds your event to the calendar on scan. Enter the title, place, and times, then download it for flyers, posters, and tickets.

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Multi-URL QR Code Generator

One QR code that opens a page with all your links. Build a scannable link-in-bio for packaging, business cards and events, with every link tracked separately.

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App Download QR Code Generator

One QR code that sends iPhone users to the App Store and Android users to Google Play. Track installs by campaign instead of losing them to direct traffic.

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Design and tracking

Branded codes, editable destinations, and scan analytics.

Social media QR codes

One code per platform, with the right profile address prefilled.

Social Media QR Code Generator

Make QR codes for Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok and more. One free generator for every social platform, no signup needed.

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QR Code for Instagram

Make a free QR code that opens your Instagram profile. Pick the platform, enter your username, and download a PNG or SVG for posters, packaging, and print.

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Facebook QR Code Generator

Create a free QR code for your Facebook page, profile or group. Scan opens it straight in the app. No signup, no expiry, download PNG, SVG or PDF.

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WhatsApp QR Code Generator

Create a free WhatsApp QR code that opens a chat with your number and a pre-written first message. No signup, works on iPhone and Android.

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LinkedIn QR Code Generator

Turn your LinkedIn profile or company page into a QR code. Perfect for resumes, business cards and conference badges. Free, no signup, print-ready files.

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YouTube QR Code Generator

Create a free QR code for your YouTube channel or a specific video. Scan to watch or subscribe instantly. No signup, PNG, SVG and PDF downloads.

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X (Twitter) QR Code Generator

Generate a free QR code for your X (Twitter) profile. Scan to open your account and follow in one tap. No signup, PNG, SVG and PDF downloads.

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TikTok QR Code Generator

Make a QR code that opens your TikTok profile in the app. Free, no signup. Great for packaging, posters, events and shop windows. PNG, SVG and PDF.

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Telegram QR Code Generator

Generate a QR code that opens your Telegram channel, group or direct chat. Free, no signup. Print-ready files for posters, events and packaging.

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Snapchat QR Code Generator

Create a QR code that opens your Snapchat profile so people can add you in one tap. Free, no signup, download PNG or SVG for print and screens.

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Pinterest QR Code Generator

Turn a Pinterest board, pin or profile into a QR code. Ideal for packaging, catalogues and in-store displays in home, craft and fashion retail. Free.

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Spotify QR Code Generator

Make a QR code for a Spotify track, album, playlist or artist profile. Scan to listen instantly. Free generator, no signup, print-ready SVG and PDF.

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Discord QR Code Generator

Turn your Discord server invite into a QR code for events, posters and packaging. Free, no signup, with guidance on making invites that never expire.

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WeChat QR Code Generator

Create a QR code for your WeChat ID or official account. Useful for business cards and trade material aimed at the Chinese market. Free, no signup.

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Business and local

Codes for shops, restaurants, offices and anything with a front door.

QR Code for a Restaurant Menu

Make a free QR code for your restaurant menu in under a minute. Print it on table tents, download PNG, SVG or PDF, and update the menu without reprinting.

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QR Code for Google Reviews

Create a free QR code that opens your Google review box directly. Find your review link, generate the code, and print it on receipts, tables, or packaging.

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QR Code for a Business Card

Make a free vCard QR code for your business card. One scan saves your name, title, phone, email, and website straight into the phone's contacts.

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Wi-Fi QR Code Generator

Make a free Wi-Fi QR code so guests join your network with one scan. Enter the network name and password, download the code, and print it for the wall.

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Location QR Code Generator

Create a QR code that opens your shop or office on Google Maps. Free, no signup. Perfect for flyers, invitations, signage and delivery instructions.

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Coupon QR Code Generator

Create a QR code for discount coupons and offers. Scan to reveal a code or claim the deal. Free to generate, and trackable so you can measure redemption.

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Ticket QR Code Generator

Create QR codes for event tickets, passes and check-in. Learn how unique ticket codes work, what to encode, and how to scan people in without a queue.

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QR Code Sticker Generator

Make printable QR code stickers for packaging, tables, windows and posters. Download print-ready SVG or PDF free, with sizing and material guidance.

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Yelp QR Code Generator

Create a QR code that opens your Yelp business page so customers can leave a review. Free, no signup, printable for receipts, tables and counters.

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Forms, bookings and files

Send people to a form, a calendar, a meeting or a document.

Media, products and personal

Photos, video, audio, packaging and the codes people make for themselves.

Why Use This QR Code Generator

Most free QR generators quietly route your codes through their own redirect, then switch it off when a trial ends. Every code here is static and self-contained, so it keeps working forever with nobody in the middle.

Free, Unlimited, No Signup

Generate as many QR codes as you need without an account, a trial, or a credit card. Free codes carry a small linkutm wordmark in the bottom corner; create an account to replace it with your own logo or remove it entirely.

Your Data Never Leaves the Browser

Every code is encoded and rendered locally in JavaScript. Wi-Fi passwords, contact details, and campaign URLs are never uploaded to a server or logged anywhere.

Designed, Not Just Generated

Twelve ready-made designs pairing eight module styles with shaped finder patterns, brand colours, and gradients. Export a code that looks like it belongs on your packaging, not like a default black square.

Print-Ready PNG, SVG, and PDF

Download a 1200px PNG for digital, a vector SVG that scales to a billboard without a single soft edge, or a print-ready PDF. Copy straight to the clipboard when you just need it in a deck.

How to Make a QR Code

Four steps, about thirty seconds, no account required.

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Pick what the code should do

Choose one of ten types across the top of the generator — website URL, Wi-Fi network, contact card, social profile, WhatsApp chat, calendar event, email, SMS, phone number, or plain text.

2

Fill in your details

The QR preview redraws as you type, so you can watch the symbol get denser as you add content. Shorter payloads produce cleaner codes that scan faster and from further away.

3

Style it to match your brand

Pick one of the twelve design presets beside the preview to set the module pattern, finder-corner shape, and colour or gradient in a single click. Keep strong contrast between the pattern and its background.

4

Download and test before you print

Export PNG for digital, SVG for print, or PDF for a press-ready page, then scan the exported file — not the on-screen preview — with two or three real phones at the distance your audience will actually stand.

Every QR Code Type You Can Create

Ten types generate instantly in your browser with no account. Three more — PDF, Multi-URL, and App — resolve through a short link you own, so they are editable and trackable, and need a free linkutm account.

URL QR code

Free

Send scanners straight to a landing page, product, form, or campaign URL.

Plain Text QR code

Free

Serial numbers, instructions, coupon codes, or any message that should appear on scan.

Contact QR code

Free

Saves your details straight to the scanner's phone book. The digital business card.

Social QR code

Free

Land scanners straight on your profile, one tap from following you.

Phone QR code

Free

One scan opens the dialler with your number entered. Ideal for print and signage.

WhatsApp QR code

Free

Opens a WhatsApp conversation with your business, optionally with a pre-filled first message.

Email QR code

Free

Opens the scanner's mail app with your address, subject, and body already filled in.

Wi-Fi QR code

Free

Guests scan once and connect. No password typed out loud, no card on the counter.

SMS QR code

Free

Opens the messaging app with your number and message ready to send.

Event QR code

Free

Scanners get a calendar entry with your title, location, and start and end times.

PDF QR code

Account

Menus, brochures, manuals, and spec sheets. The code points at a short link you own, so you can swap the file for a new version without reprinting the code.

Multi-URL QR code

Account

One code opens a hosted page listing up to 20 labelled links, and every link on it is tracked separately. Ideal for a link-in-bio card, an event agenda, or a product support hub.

App QR code

Account

Point one code at your App Store or Google Play listing, then track installs from print, packaging, and events as a real channel instead of untagged direct traffic.

Learn More About QR Codes

What Is a QR Code? A Complete Guide

A QR code is a printed pattern that carries data a phone camera can read. That is the whole idea — everything else is a detail about what you put inside it and where you print it.

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Bulk QR Code Generation

One code is a five-second job. Five hundred codes is a data problem — and the part that goes wrong is almost never the generating.

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Types of QR Codes and When to Use Each

A QR code is just a container. What you put inside it decides what the phone does on scan — and picking the right one is the difference between a scan and a shrug.

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Static vs Dynamic QR Codes

The most consequential decision you will make about a QR code, and the one most people make by accident.

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QR Code Best Practices

Six rules that separate codes people actually scan from codes that get printed, ignored, and quietly written off.

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QR Code Use Cases by Industry

Every industry below shares one problem: getting someone holding a phone to reach a web page without typing anything.

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QR Codes for Restaurants

Hospitality adopted QR codes faster than any other industry, and got a lot of it wrong. Here is what works on a real floor, and what quietly annoys guests.

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QR Codes for Real Estate

A board outside a house is seen by exactly the people you most want: locals, at the property, already curious. A code turns that glance into a viewing.

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QR Codes in Retail Stores

Retail has the shortest attention window of any environment a QR code lives in. What works is a code that answers one question the shelf cannot.

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QR Codes in Healthcare

Healthcare has the clearest use cases and the tightest constraints. The codes that work are the ones that move admin off paper without moving patient data into public view.

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QR Codes for Hotels

A hotel room is one of the few places a guest will genuinely read a printed card. Codes work here because they replace the directory folder nobody opens.

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QR Codes for Education

Classrooms are the ideal environment for QR codes: a room full of phones, a shared surface everyone can see, and a constant need to get thirty people to the same link.

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QR Codes for Non-Profits

Fundraising happens at moments — a talk, a collection tin, a poster on a church noticeboard. A donation code turns those moments into gifts instead of good intentions.

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QR Codes for Insurance and Finance

Financial services get more value from QR codes than most industries and carry more risk from them. Both facts come from the same place: money moves at the end of the scan.

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QR Codes on Billboards

Most billboard QR codes are unscannable, and the reason is arithmetic. Get the size and the placement right and outdoor becomes a measurable channel.

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QR Codes on Flyers and Leaflets

Flyers are the format QR codes suit best: held in the hand, read at leisure, kept on a fridge. And they are the format where the code most often gets no thought at all.

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QR Codes on Digital Signage and Screens

Screens introduce a problem print does not have: the code can disappear. Everything about designing for digital signage follows from that.

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QR Codes on Business Stationery

Stationery is printed in bulk, used for years and rarely revisited. That makes it the format where a badly chosen QR destination costs the most.

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QR Codes on Clothing and Apparel

Fabric is the hardest surface a QR code lives on. It moves, it stretches, it creases and it gets washed — which is why the tag matters more than the garment.

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QR Codes in Travel and Tourism

Travel is where QR codes became normal, because a phone is the only document a traveller reliably has. It is also where connectivity is least reliable — and that shapes what works.

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QR Codes for CPG and Packaged Goods

Packaging is the most valuable print surface a brand owns and the most constrained. A code is how you get a label's worth of information onto a phone.

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QR Codes for Book Publishers

A book is printed once and lives for decades. That single fact decides almost everything about how a publisher should use QR codes.

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QR Codes for Games

Gaming audiences scan without hesitation, which makes codes unusually effective — and makes anything valuable behind them a target worth protecting.

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Lab Results and Secure Document QR Codes

A code on a report is a convenience for the patient and a liability if it is built wrong. The rule is simple: the code opens a door, it is never the key.

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Free Generator vs linkutm Platform

This tool covers everything a static QR code can do. The moment you need to measure scans or fix a destination after printing, you need a dynamic code.

Capability
Free Tool
linkutm
QR codes you can generate
Unlimited
25 a month on the free plan
Content types
10 static
All 13, including PDF, Multi-URL, and App
Design presets, colours, and gradients
12 presets
Full control
PNG, SVG, and PDF download
Works with no account
Editable destination after printing
Scan tracking and analytics
Location, device, and referrer breakdown
Branded short domain on the code
Custom back-half (your own short code)
Your own logo instead of the linkutm mark
Frames with a scan call to action
Error correction level control
Always H
L, M, Q, or H
Built-in UTM builder and templates
Folders, tags, and team workspaces

QR Code Questions, Answered

Know Which QR Codes Actually Work

Dynamic QR codes you can re-point after printing, scan analytics by city and device, branded short domains, and a UTM builder that keeps your GA4 reports clean. Start free, no credit card required.

Free plan includes 25 QR codes a month. No credit card required.