Free PDF QR code generator

Turn a PDF into a scannable link

A QR code stores a link to a PDF, not the PDF itself: the format cannot hold a whole document. Host your PDF somewhere public (your site, Google Drive, Dropbox), paste the share link above, and download a free PDF QR code. Scanning it opens or downloads the document. The code is generated in your browser and never uploaded.

To create yours:

  1. 1

    Host your PDF

    Put it on your website, or use Google Drive/Dropbox with a “anyone with the link” share URL.

  2. 2

    Drop the share link in the box above

    OpenQR encodes it as a URL: nothing else to configure.

  3. 3

    Style it (optional)

    Add your logo, brand colours and a frame so the code matches the document.

  4. 4

    Export with no watermark

    PNG for screens, or vector SVG/PDF for print.

Swap the file without a new code

Choose “Make it editable” to get a dynamic code: keep the same printed QR and re-point it to an updated PDF at any time. New price list, new brochure, v2 of the manual: no reprint, and OpenQR counts the scans.

Good for brochures, menus, manuals and flyers

Put a PDF QR code on packaging, posters, product labels or print ads so people reach the document without typing a URL. A static code carries a fixed link, so it scans for as long as the file stays online at that address. An editable (dynamic) code lets you change the file later and see scan stats. Printing it? Export SVG or PDF and check the right print size.

No. A PDF QR code stores a link to your document, not the file itself: the QR format holds a few thousand characters at most, far below the size of any PDF. Host the PDF online and encode its URL.

PDF QR code generator by industry

The same tool, written for a specific trade, with the wording and examples that trade uses.

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