I don’t know how many times I’ve searched for a QR code creator only to land on some dodgy, slow website that’s full of ads. So I made my own.
For the longest time it was a bare basic nothingburger to get the job done. But today I spent a bit of time tweaking it, expending it, learning about Preact server rendering, adding a service worker to make it installable, and turning it into something a bit more feature complete.
So here it is: https://qr.kyd.au
I mostly use it to quickly send stuff to my phone, especially while developing.
But the new version is kind of fun because it supports a bunch of different types of QR codes, some which I didn’t even realise were possible. You can create normal things like links or contact cards, but also map locations that open in your maps app, phone numbers, calendar invites and even wifi autoconnect prompts.
This is mostly a thing to scratch an itch, but I think it’s a pretty useful tool so hopefully you will too.