Type or paste any text above and download a free text QR code. Scanned, the text appears on the phone exactly as you typed it: no internet connection is needed, because the words are encoded into the pattern itself. That suits serial numbers, short instructions, competition codes, asset tags and anything that has to be readable from a sticker with no web page behind it.
To make one:
Type your text
Anything from a short note to a few paragraphs. Shorter text gives a simpler, easier-to-scan code.
Customise (optional)
Add colours, a logo or a frame so people know it’s yours.
Scan-test
Confirm the full text shows up, especially if you’ve used line breaks or symbols.
Download free
PNG, SVG or PDF at any size, with no watermark.
Works completely offline
A text QR code contains the text itself, not a link, so it scans and reads with no internet connection at all. That is why it gets used in warehouses, on remote sites, on equipment labels and anywhere signal is unreliable.
Use a text code when the information is the message and should live in the code itself: a serial number, a short instruction, a passphrase, a one-line note. Use a URL code when you are pointing at content that lives online or might change, such as a page, document or video. Long text bloats the code: more modules packed tighter together, so it scans slower and fails sooner in print. If you find yourself pasting paragraphs, you want a link to a page.
Keep the text short, or link to a page instead with the URL QR code generator. New to all this? Read what a QR code is. Printing it? See the print-size guide.