About URLQRCODE
Who we are and why the site exists.
URLQRCODE is a free, privacy-first web tool that lets you read a QR code from an image or generate your own QR code. Everything happens inside your browser — nothing you upload, type, or scan is transmitted to us.
Why this tool exists
Most QR scanners expect you to point a phone camera at a physical code. But in reality, QR codes often arrive as images — inside an email, a PDF, a screenshot, or a photo someone sent you. URLQRCODE was built for that case: give it an image and it tells you what's inside, locally, without you having to install anything.
It also helps you dodge "quishing" — phishing attacks that hide malicious links inside QR codes on parking meters, restaurant tables, or emails. Checking the destination before you open it on your phone is the single simplest protection against these attacks.
The generator was added so you can do the reverse: turn a URL, a Wi-Fi network, a contact card, or any text into a QR code image you can print, share, or paste into a design. Same privacy promise — everything happens in your browser.
How it's built
URLQRCODE is a static website: plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, no backend, no database. Decoding uses the open-source jsQR library by Cosmo Wolfe. Generation uses qrcode-generator by Kazuhiko Arase. Both are MIT-licensed. The site is hosted on OVHcloud.
We use Google Analytics for aggregate traffic statistics and Google AdSense to keep the site free. Nothing about the QR content you scan or create is sent to either — see our Privacy Policy for the full disclosure.
What makes it different
- Fully client-side. Your images, the decoded URLs, and the QRs you generate never leave your browser.
- Free, no signup. Use it as much as you want, on any device.
- Multilingual. Available in English, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese.
- Works from any angle. Supports uploaded images, paste-from-clipboard, drag-and-drop, and live camera scanning.
- Parsed results. Recognizes Wi-Fi credentials, vCards, calendar events, geo coordinates, and more — and offers the right action for each.
Contact
General questions: hello@urlqrcode.net. Privacy questions: privacy@urlqrcode.net. Security disclosures: see security.txt.