Got a QR code as a screenshot, in a PDF, or printed in front of you? Drop the image here or point your camera at it. Decoding happens locally in your browser — the image never uploads anywhere.
Image mode: drop a screenshot, photo, or PDF page into the upload area. Camera mode: grant camera access and point at the code — the reader samples frames continuously until it finds a code. Both modes use the same jsQR decoder, which handles damaged codes, rotated codes, and partial-frame codes well.
All eight standard QR content types: URL, plain text, WiFi network, vCard contact, email (mailto:), phone (tel:), SMS, and geo coordinates. The reader detects the type automatically and offers the right "open" action — clicking on a URL opens the browser, a WiFi code prompts to join, a vCard opens contacts.
Camera frames stay on your device. Dropped images stay on your device. There's no upload, no server-side decoding, no logging of what you scanned. The /api/qr/decode endpoint exists for programmatic callers (curl, scripts) but the in-browser flow never touches it.
Some codes won't read — usually because the image is too low-resolution, too low-contrast, partially obscured, or the QR was generated with an obscure non-standard encoding. Try cropping closer to the code, increasing the image size, or printing the code and scanning the print with your phone's camera as a sanity check.
Image is for screenshots, photos, or PDF pages with a QR somewhere in them. Camera is for printed codes in front of you right now.
Drag a PNG/JPG into the upload area, or click to pick a file. The decoder runs on a canvas — your image never leaves the page.
Grant camera permission. Aim at the code, hold steady for a moment. The reader samples frames ~5 times per second until it finds a code.
The reader shows the decoded text and detects the type (URL, WiFi, vCard, etc.). It offers the right "open" action for the type — browser for URLs, contacts for vCard, and so on.
Copy the raw text, open the detected action, or paste it into another app. All client-side.
QR codes in slides, in PDFs, in emails — without picking up your phone.
Customers send a photo of a label; you decode it on your screen instead of asking them to read it out.
Asset tags photographed in bulk, decoded later from your laptop.
Older papers, old packaging, archive material with QRs — the reader handles damaged codes well.
Create QR codes for URLs, WiFi, vCards, email, SMS and more. Free, no signup, no watermark, no tracking. Download as PNG or SVG.
Generate a WiFi QR code so guests join your network instantly. Free, works on iOS and Android, no app required.
Turn any URL into a QR code. Free, no signup, no tracking redirects. Perfect for posters, packaging, business cards, and offline-to-online campaigns.
Generate a vCard QR code so anyone scanning it saves your full contact to their phone. Free, no signup, perfect for business cards and events.
Got a QR code as a screenshot, in a PDF, or printed in front of you? Drop the image here or point your camera at it. Decoding happens locally in your browser — the image never uploads anywhere.