QR Code Generator
Designed QR codes backed by editable, measurable short links.
A QR code is a picture of a URL. If that URL is a short link you control, the code becomes something you can redirect, measure and retire long after it has been printed. The QR studio produces styled, print-ready codes on top of exactly the same link engine as everything else.
Design without breaking the scan
The studio gives you control over module shape, eye style, foreground and background colour, quiet zone and a centre logo. It also keeps an eye on the things that actually stop a code scanning: insufficient contrast, a logo that covers too much of the symbol for the chosen error-correction level, and inverted colour schemes that many camera apps handle poorly.
You can generate artwork with AI when you want something more decorative, and the same checks apply to the result. A code that looks good and does not scan is worse than a plain one.
- Module and eye styling, custom colours and gradients
- Centre logo with automatic error-correction adjustment
- Contrast and quiet-zone warnings before you export
- Saved themes so every team member exports the same look
Vector export for real print work
Print production needs vectors. Every code exports as SVG, EPS and PDF as well as PNG at any pixel size, so a designer can drop it into a layout and scale it to a billboard without softening the edges.
Bulk generation takes a list of URLs or an existing folder of links and returns a ZIP of codes, named to match, which is how most people handle a product catalogue, a store list or a set of table tents.
- SVG, EPS, PDF and PNG output
- Bulk generation to a named ZIP from a list or a folder
- Consistent margins and sizing guidance for print
- Codes regenerate from the link, so a design change does not need a new URL
The code stays, the destination moves
Because the code encodes a short link rather than the final URL, the destination is editable forever. A menu QR printed on a table can point at a new menu next season. A code on packaging can point at a setup guide during launch and a support page two years later.
This is the practical difference between a static QR generator and one built on a link platform. Static codes are permanent commitments made at print time.
- Change the destination without reprinting
- Expire a campaign code and send late scans to a fallback page
- Geo and device rules apply to scans exactly as they do to clicks
- A/B test two landing pages behind one printed code
Measurement that separates scans from noise
Every scan is a click, so it lands in the same click stream with country, region, city, device, operating system and referrer where one exists. Bot and human traffic are separated, which matters for QR because link previewers and security scanners will fetch a URL the moment it is posted anywhere online.
You can read the aggregates in the dashboard or export the raw per-click log, and conversions can be attributed back to a specific code using the click identifier.
- Scan volume by day, location and device
- Bot and human traffic reported separately
- Raw per-scan export as CSV
- Conversion attribution from scan through to signup or purchase
Codes for more than URLs
Alongside link codes, the free tools cover the payload types people ask for most often: a vCard code that saves a contact straight into a phone, a Wi-Fi code that joins a network without anyone reading a password aloud, and click-to-chat codes for messaging apps with a pre-filled message.
The QR debugger decodes an existing image and reports its payload, error-correction level and version, which is the quickest way to find out why a code from another tool is failing in the field.
- vCard, Wi-Fi and click-to-chat payloads
- A debugger that decodes and explains an existing code
- Free public generators for one-off needs
Running QR at team scale
Codes belong to links, links belong to folders, and folders carry defaults. That means a regional team can generate hundreds of store-specific codes that all inherit the right domain, tagging and expiry rules without anyone setting them individually.
Everything in the studio is reachable through the REST API, so a product catalogue can generate its own codes at build time rather than someone exporting them by hand.
- Folder defaults applied to generated codes
- API endpoints for generation and export
- Roles and per-link permissions for who may change a printed destination
- Tags and search to find the code behind any printed asset
Questions
Do the codes expire?
The image never expires. The link behind it follows whatever expiry rule you set, and if you set one you can send late scans to a fallback page instead of an error.
Can I put my logo in the middle?
Yes. The studio raises the error-correction level to compensate and warns you if the logo covers more of the symbol than the code can tolerate.
What file format should I give my printer?
SVG, EPS or PDF. All three are vectors and scale to any size. PNG is fine for screens and for anything under a fixed pixel size.
Can I track scans separately from other clicks?
Scans arrive as clicks on the link behind the code. Give each printed placement its own link and you can compare placements directly; bot traffic is separated out automatically.
Can I generate thousands of codes at once?
Yes. Bulk generation takes a pasted list, an uploaded file or an existing folder and returns a ZIP with predictable file names.
Design a QR code you can redirect after it is printed.
Start Free — no credit card
The free plan includes 1,000 links, 5 custom domains and 50,000 tracked clicks a month, free forever. Paid plans start at $4 a month when you outgrow it, and you keep everything you have built.