QR codes
Subtitles for robots
2019-10-29 — 2025-04-16
Wherein QR codes are described, and Python libraries such as PyQRCode and qrcode are indicated for local generation, while URL shorteners like bit.ly are recommended for click-through tracking.
You can find Python libraries like PyQRCode and qrcode. Plenty of subscription services offer add-ons like tracking, but they’re surprisingly expensive and I don’t recommend them. If I want fancy tracking for click-throughs on QR-coded links, I just use bit.ly or another URL shortener/tracker.
Lots of software quietly supports QR codes; for example, the DTP package scribus includes QR codes as one of its supported barcode formats.
Here are some perfectly functional online QR code generators:
goqr.me (Does a good job, simple and straightforward)
qr-code-generator.com (bitly-backed, so serviceable but heavy on the upsell)
qrcode.js is a small library that encodes whatever text you want in a QR code and renders it in situ.
QRCode.js is a JavaScript library for making QRCode. QRCode.js supports Cross-browser with HTML5 Canvas and table tag in DOM. QRCode.js has no dependencies.
qrstuff.com used to have various nifty specialised QR code URLs like Wi-Fi passwords and payment linksnow seems to only produce QR codes linking to their website so they can track your traffic? I thought they were better before? Did they enshittify?Wix.com QR Code Generatorunusably upsell-focused.