A Free QR Code Generator With No Watermark
Unlimited QR codes with your own colors, your logo, and true vector SVG export. No watermark, no account, no trial clock, and no expiry date on the code. It is built in your browser, so what you encode never leaves your device.
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Describe it. Reticle AI plans the link.
Tell Reticle AI what your code should do. It drafts the dynamic link, smart routing, link page, and password setup for you to review and apply.
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Everything a printed code should be able to do
Once a code is on a menu, a box, or a billboard, reprinting is the expensive part. Dynamic links move the decisions into your account instead.
Per-scan analytics
ProEvery scan recorded with approximate city, device, OS, and time, exportable to CSV. Free plans keep aggregate counts by day, device, and country.
Repoint any time
FreeChange where a printed code goes in seconds. 3 links free with unlimited scans; unlimited links on Pro.
Your domain on the code
ProScanners see your name, not ours, with custom endings you choose instead of a random slug.
A file behind the code
ProHost a PDF or image at the code itself and swap the file without reprinting. Menus, spec sheets, price lists.
replaced, same code
Smart routing
ProOne code, many destinations: route each scan by country, language, device platform, or time of day.
Link pages
ProA hosted page of up to 12 link buttons behind one code, editable any time. One QR for everything you do.
Made in your browser
Static codes are generated entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded unless you create a dynamic link or host a file, and we say exactly what those store.
No scan-count paywall
Free dynamic links have unlimited scans and no expiry. A code you printed keeps working; we do not hold it hostage.
Data you can erase
Free plans keep aggregate counts only. Pro per-scan records are kept about 90 days, and you can export or delete them at any time.
Free static QR code generator
Free forever · no sign-upUnlimited static codes for URLs, Wi-Fi, vCards, text, email, SMS, phone, events, locations, and crypto. Full styling, logos and icons, SVG, PNG, JPEG, and PDF export, batch CSV. No watermarks, no expiry.
- L
- Lowest. Fine on a clean screen. Breaks if smudged or covered.
- M
- Balanced. The right choice for most uses.
- Q
- Sturdier. Good for small prints or busy backgrounds.
- H
- Toughest. Survives wear and works with a center logo.
- Crisp
- Few modules, large and easy to read, even small or on screen.
- Moderate
- Denser. Print at a decent size and keep good contrast.
- Dense
- Lots of data. Print large, raise error correction, or shorten the content.
Start free. Go Pro to know who scanned.
- Unlimited static codes, full styling, every export
- 3 dynamic links with unlimited scans
- Aggregate scan stats and email digests
- 100 saved codes, synced to your account
- Your own domain on printed codes, with custom endings
- Unlimited dynamic links and bulk CSV import
- Per-scan analytics, exportable to CSV
- File codes, smart routing, link pages, passwords, scheduling
What "free" usually means, and what it means here
Most free QR code generators are free at the point of making a code and expensive at the point of using one. The usual patterns are a watermark on the export, a vector file locked behind a plan, a code that quietly expires after a trial, or a sign-up wall between you and the download.
Reticle has none of those. The generator on this page makes unlimited codes, exports them clean, and does not ask who you are. The file you download is the finished file, and there is no upgraded version of it.
What the free generator actually includes
- All ten content types: a link, plain text, an email, an SMS, a phone number, Wi-Fi network details, a contact card, a calendar event, a map location, and a crypto address.
- Full styling: any foreground and background colors, gradients, dot and corner shapes, and a size you choose.
- A logo or a center icon, either your own image or one from a built-in set of 189 icons.
- Every export format: PNG, SVG, JPEG, and PDF, with a transparent background option and a print pack for commercial printing.
- Batch mode: upload a CSV and get a ZIP of codes, which is free here and typically a paid feature elsewhere.
There is no feature on that list that you unlock by paying. It is the whole static generator.
The SVG is free, and that is the one that matters for print
If you are sending a code to a commercial printer, they will almost certainly ask for a vector file. A PNG is a grid of pixels and it will look soft or ragged once it is enlarged onto a sign, a banner, or packaging artwork. An SVG is made of shapes and stays perfectly sharp at any size.
Vector export is one of the most commonly paywalled features in this category, which is worth knowing when you compare "free" generators: a free PNG that cannot go to print is not the same product as a free SVG that can. Reticle exports SVG and PDF at no cost, along with PNG and JPEG.
A static code cannot expire, because there is nothing to switch off
This is the part that is worth understanding properly, because it is the difference between a code that is yours and a code you are renting.
A static QR code contains the data itself. The link, the text, or the Wi-Fi password is encoded directly into the black and white pattern, and a scanner reads it straight off the image. There is no server involved, no account attached, and no record kept. A code you make here will keep working if you delete your browser history, if you never visit this site again, and if Reticle itself disappears entirely.
Some free generators issue codes that route through their servers even when you did not ask for a trackable code, which is what makes those codes able to expire, break on a free plan, or start showing an upgrade page. A static code from this page is incapable of doing any of that.
Nothing you type is uploaded
The code is drawn in your browser. Whatever you encode, a Wi-Fi password for your guests, a personal phone number, a home address on a contact card, is turned into a pattern on your own device and never sent anywhere. A logo you add is processed locally too.
The one thing that works differently is a dynamic code, which stores its destination by design so that you can change it later. That is a deliberate choice you make, not the default, and the privacy policy states exactly what it stores.
Check the code before you print it
Heavy styling can quietly break a QR code. A logo that covers too much of the pattern, or a foreground and background too close in contrast, will produce something that looks right on screen and fails on a phone, which you would rather discover before a print run than after one.
Reticle ships two things for this and both are free: a Test scan in the generator that decodes your actual code on your own device, and a full QR scanner you can point at a printed proof. Confirming a code reads correctly is the only real proof it works, and it costs nothing here.
Where free ends
One thing genuinely is limited, and it is worth being plain about it. Dynamic codes, the kind where you can change the destination after the code is printed, need an account and hosting behind them, so the free plan includes 3 of them. Those 3 have unlimited scans and no expiry.
If you need more, or you want per-scan analytics, your own short domain on the printed code, file codes, smart routing, link pages, passwords, or scheduling, that is Reticle Pro at $12 a month. None of it is needed to make an ordinary QR code, which is what this page is for.
Frequently asked questions
Is there really no watermark?
No watermark, in any format, at any size, on any plan. The file you download contains your QR code and nothing else: no logo in the corner, no branding baked into the image, and no attribution requirement. There is also no watermarked preview that turns clean once you pay, because the free export is the finished file.
Do I need to make an account?
Not to make or download a code. The generator on this page works signed out, and every content type, every styling control, the logo and center icon, and PNG, SVG, JPEG and PDF export are available without signing in. An account is only useful for two things: saving codes so you can reopen them later, and dynamic codes, which are the kind you can repoint after printing.
Will my QR code stop working or expire?
A static code cannot expire. The code is the data: a link, some text, or a Wi-Fi password encoded directly into the pattern, with no server in the middle and no account attached to it. A scanner reads it straight off the image, so it keeps working whatever happens to Reticle, your account, or your internet connection. Nothing is being tracked and nothing can be switched off.
Can I use these codes commercially?
Yes. Put them on packaging, menus, signage, business cards, or anything you sell, at any volume, with no license fee and no credit required. The QR code standard itself is open and unpatented for this purpose, and Reticle adds no restriction of its own to the files you export.
Is the SVG a real vector file?
Yes, and it is free. The SVG contains actual vector shapes, so it scales to a billboard with no blur and no pixel edges, which is what a commercial printer will usually ask for. This is often the first thing put behind a paywall elsewhere. Alongside it you can export PNG, JPEG, and PDF, with a transparent background if you need the code to sit on artwork.
Is my data sent anywhere?
Not for a static code. The code is drawn in your browser, so a Wi-Fi password, a phone number, or a contact card is encoded on your device and never reaches a server. A logo you add is also handled locally. This changes only if you choose to make a dynamic code, which by definition stores its destination so it can be edited later; the privacy policy sets out exactly what that stores.
What is not free?
Dynamic codes beyond the first three. A dynamic code points at a short link you control, so you can change where a printed code sends people without reprinting it, and that needs an account and hosting behind it. Three come with the free plan, with unlimited scans and no expiry. Reticle Pro at $12 a month lifts the limit and adds per-scan analytics, your own domain, file codes, smart routing, link pages, passwords, and scheduling. None of that is required to make an ordinary QR code.