Offline QR Code Generator Autor: rugk

In contrast to many other add-ons, which use Google Web APIs for generating QR codes, this add-on works completely offline. This QR code generator puts your privacy first! 🔐
It does this by working offline, independently of any internet connection! Always.


👌 So easy, you can use it with one click! 👌

It has a radically simple, yet powerful user interface, allowing you to tweak many details in the settings. Nevertheless, it's really easy to use! For instance, you can just resize the QR code with your mouse by dragging and dropping. Being lightweight and thus having a small size it is also fast and easy to install – even on mobile connections.


📦 Generate a variety of QR codes! 📦
Generate colored QR codes, save QR codes or simply just use them to send a tab or other text from your desktop to your mobile! You have the choice!
Your QR code will only be one click away and you can instantly start typing to change the QR code text!


📢 More features 📢

• Puts your privacy first! Privacy is the default here, so it is generating QR codes offline.
• Follows Firefox Photon Design to integrate smoothly into the design of your Firefox.
• It's super simple and intuitive usable!
• Uses up-to-date, great, and customizable QR code libraries to generate the QR codes.
• You can generate and save QR codes as SVG or PNG images (Canvas)!
• You can configure the size, color and other aspects of the QR code.
• Use a shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+F10) for generating the QR code.
• Generates QR codes from selected text on the website.
• Has complete Unicode/UTF-8/Emoji support.
• Looks good on desktop and mobile devices, i.e. it is responsive!
• Translated in several languages already. You can contribute your own language!
• Compatible with Firefox for Android
• Settings are synced across devices.
• Settings can be managed by your administrator.

📝 Development 📝
The add-on is free/libre open-source software and developed on GitHub. Fork it on GitHub and contribute.
There are some easy issues to start with.

The original English name of this add-on is “Offline QR Code Generator”.


🙋‍♀️ Contribute 🙋‍♀️
You can easily get involved in this project and help. Here are some ideas:

• 📃 Translate this add-on into multiple languages!
• 🐛 Fix some easy issues and get started in add-on development (or just try out the development version)
• 💡 Or check out some other add-on issues (or translate them).

Or, in any case, support us by spreading the word! ❤️


💬 Permissions 💬
This add-on requires as few permissions as possible.
An explanation of all permissions, this add-on requests, can be found on this site.


📄 Notes 📄
“QR Code” is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE.

The official name “Quick response code” (QR code) is sometimes abbreviated as "qrcode" or "qr-code" respectively "qrcodes" or "qrcodes".
Barcodes are another category of data codes, that can only encode numbers. These are not supported by this add-on.