SVG QR Code Generator
SVG QR Code Generator is a free browser extension that makes a QR code in a side panel — for the page you are on or for any text — as a small SVG, with a link and snippets to embed it. It sends nothing anywhere.
Install
Chrome Web StoreFirefox Add-onsMicrosoft Edge Add-ons
Getting started
- Click the extension’s icon: its side panel opens (a sidebar in Firefox).
- With “Auto-generate on open”, it shows a QR code for the current page at once.
- Copy the share link, copy or download the SVG, or take a snippet from the Embed tab.
Generate
- Current page — the address of the active tab; press refresh after you move to another page.
- Custom input — any URL or text, up to 2,048 characters (an emoji counts two).
- Size: 125, 200, 250 or 300 px. ECC (error correction): L 7%, M 15%, Q 25%, H 30% — higher is sturdier but denser.
- Copy Share Link — a link to the image on the QR code API, with the text in it; there is none for text over 2,048 characters. Copy SVG and Download SVG work for any code.
Embed
- Snippets with the same link: HTML <img>, HTML <object>, Markdown, React and Vue — Copy Snippet, or Copy Canonical URL for the link alone.
- Links copied with versions before 1.1.0 had no text in them and no longer work: copy them again from History.
History and settings
- A code is saved to History when you press Copy Share Link on the Generate tab: its text, the time, size and ECC. Clear all removes it.
- Settings: default size and ECC, Auto-generate on open, History limit (25, 50 or 100), the theme.
- History and settings stay in your browser (storage.local) and are not synced.
Privacy and permissions
- From version 1.1.0 the extension makes no network requests: codes and links are made in the browser. Earlier versions sent each code’s text to the old API.
- A share link carries its text: whoever opens it or scans the code can read it.
- Permissions: side panel (its window; Firefox has a sidebar and needs none), storage (settings and history), active tab and tabs (the address of the current page).
The policy in full: privacy of the QR tools. The QR code API it links to: qr.clx.cx.