How to create free QR codes that never expire (static QR, no sign-up, no redirect)

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Static QR code generator screenshot

Many "free" QR generators give you a dynamic QR: it points to their server, which then redirects to your content - so they can expire it and demand a subscription after you've printed it. A static QR encodes your content directly, so it works forever.

  1. Open clearevo.com/qr (runs 100% in your browser - nothing you type is sent anywhere).
  2. Pick a type - URL, text, WiFi, contact card, phone, or email - and fill it in.
  3. Press Generate, then download PNG (for print, pick "large") or SVG (scales to any size).

Print it anywhere: it can never expire, because there is no middleman.

Translations are machine-assisted - corrections are very welcome in the comments.

This tool is free software and open source: ykasidit/web_fun - issues and pull requests welcome.

Full disclosure: this post - and any code or tool it describes - was co-authored with Claude (Anthropic’s AI, via Claude Code). I directed, guided and reviewed - though I have not personally tested every tool in every case; Claude wrote most of the code and most of the text. I don’t want to pretend otherwise.

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