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Make a QR code for a link, WiFi network, contact card, email, phone number or text message in seconds. Watch it build live, choose your colours, then download a sharp PNG or a print-ready SVG. No account, no watermark, no expiry date.
Point your camera at the code to test it before you download.
Fill in the form and your QR code appears here instantly.
PNG exports at 1024 px for print. SVG is vector — scale it to a billboard without losing a pixel. Both are yours to use commercially, free of charge.
Most people looking for a free QR code generator have a very small job to do. They need a square on a poster that opens a menu. They need guests to join the WiFi without reading a twenty-character password out loud. They need the phone number on a van to be one tap instead of one squint. That job should take thirty seconds, and it should not require an email address, a credit card on file or a plan that quietly disables the code you already printed.
Name QR does exactly that job and nothing else. The generator sits on this page, runs inside your browser, and produces standard static QR codes that never phone home. The content you type — a password, a client's mobile number, a private link — is encoded locally and never reaches our servers. When you download, you get the finished file immediately, in the format you asked for, with no branding stamped across it.
Everything is designed mobile-first, because that is where most of this work actually happens: standing behind a counter, sitting in a van, or five minutes before a print deadline. The layout, the tap targets and the download buttons all work on a phone screen just as well as on a desktop.
Each type encodes a different standard format, and each one changes what the phone does the moment the camera recognises the square.
The workhorse of the format. A URL QR code sends anyone who scans it straight to a web address — a product page, a booking form, a Google review link, a menu, a playlist, an app store listing. Because there is no redirect service in the middle, the link opens as fast as the phone can load it, and it keeps working for as long as the page exists. Paste the address with or without https:// and we will tidy it up for you.
Sometimes you do not want to send anyone anywhere. A plain text QR code displays a short message on screen the moment it is scanned: a serial number, a set of assembly instructions, a table reference, a parcel ID, a safety warning in a workshop. Nothing loads, nothing is tracked and it works with no internet connection at all.
A vCard QR code packages your full contact card into a single square. Scanning it opens the phone's contact screen with your name, mobile number, email, company, job title, website and address already filled in, so nobody has to retype anything or lose your card in a drawer. Put it on the back of a printed business card, in your email signature, on a conference badge or on the window of a shop.
A WiFi QR code is the fastest way to stop reading long passwords out loud. Enter the network name and password once, print the code and stick it on the wall of your cafe, salon, clinic waiting room, holiday rental or spare bedroom. Guests point their camera at it and join — no typing, no spelling out capital letters, no reprinting a laminated card every time somebody mistypes.
An email QR code opens a new message with the recipient, subject line and body text already written. It removes the friction between 'I should get in touch' and an actual enquiry landing in your inbox, which makes it a strong fit for flyers, trade-show stands, packaging inserts and support labels on equipment.
A phone QR code loads your number into the dialler in one scan. It is a small change that pays off on vehicle livery, estate agent boards, delivery notes, emergency contact signage and anywhere a customer is standing outdoors with one hand free.
An SMS QR code opens the messaging app with your number and a pre-written message. Campaigns that ask people to text a keyword to opt in, request a callback or vote suddenly need zero instructions — the customer scans, then presses send.
Choose URL, text, vCard, WiFi, email, phone or SMS. The form changes to ask only for the fields that type actually needs — no empty boxes to guess at.
The preview redraws on every keystroke, so you can see the code become denser as you add content. Set the colours and the quiet-zone margin while you are there.
Take the PNG for screens or the SVG for print. Then scan your own code with a phone before it goes anywhere near a printer — always.
Hospitality. Table-top codes for the menu, a WiFi code by the door, a review link on the receipt.
Retail and packaging. Care instructions, refill subscriptions, provenance stories and warranty registration printed straight onto the box.
Trades and field services. A phone code on the van, a vCard on the quote, an SMS code on a job sheet.
Events and conferences. vCard badges, schedule links, feedback forms and a WiFi code on every table tent.
Property and automotive. Listing pages on for-sale boards, spec sheets on forecourt windscreens.
Clinics, schools and offices. Guest WiFi, intake forms, room booking pages, equipment manuals on an asset label.
Yes. Every QR code you make on Name QR is free, unlimited and yours to use commercially. There is no signup, no trial period, no watermark and no cap on how many codes you create or download.
No. The codes we produce are static, which means the destination is encoded directly into the pattern of black and white squares. Nothing is stored on our servers, so there is nothing that can be switched off, throttled or expired later.
Never. The generator runs entirely in your browser. Type your content, watch the preview update and download the file — you will not be asked for an email address at any point.
Choose the WiFi tab, enter your network name exactly as it appears in the WiFi list, add the password and pick the security type (WPA/WPA2/WPA3 for almost every modern router). Print the code and guests can join by pointing their camera at it.
A vCard QR code carries a full contact record — name, phone, email, company, job title, website and address. Scanning it opens the phone's 'add contact' screen with everything pre-filled, which makes it perfect for business cards, email signatures and conference badges.
Use PNG for screens, slide decks, social posts and quick prints; ours exports at 1024 pixels so it stays crisp. Use SVG for anything a designer or printer will handle, because vector files scale to any size — from a sticker to a billboard — without blurring.
Yes, and you should keep contrast high. Dark pattern on a light background scans best. Avoid light-on-dark inversions and low-contrast pastel pairs, because many camera apps will simply refuse to read them.
The three usual culprits are low contrast, a missing quiet zone and printing too small. Keep at least two modules of empty margin around the code, print it no smaller than 2 x 2 cm for close-range scanning, and always test with more than one phone before you go to print.
Your content is turned into a QR code inside your own browser using an open-source library. We do not transmit, log or store the text, passwords or contact details you type into the generator.
Not with a static code — the destination is baked into the pattern. If you need to change a destination later, point the QR code at a URL you control (for example a page on your own site) so you can update where that page redirects. Editable dynamic codes with scan analytics are on our roadmap.
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