A free QR code reader for your PC or laptop. Scan codes from your screen, an image or a webcam, and keep everything on your computer.
Download for WindowsSee how it works
Portable, no installation. Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. Version 2.1.
Most QR codes on a computer are already on the screen or saved in a file, so you rarely need a phone to read them.
Click Snipping Tool, select the area with the code and it is decoded right away. It works for codes in a browser, an email or a document.
Click Image File or Clipboard Image. Use it as a QR code reader for pictures you were sent or saved. How to scan a QR code from an image.
Click Webcam and hold a printed code up to your camera. The scanner also takes video from an OBS virtual camera or the Windows Camera app.
Click Folder to decode every image in it at once, which saves opening each file when you have a batch to process.
Want more detail? Read how to scan a QR code on a PC or laptop.
It decodes 17 barcode types from the same screen, image and camera sources, so you do not need a USB scanner to read a barcode on your computer.
QR Code, Code 128, Code 39, EAN-8, ITF, UPC-A, UPC-E, Codabar, Data Matrix, PDF417, Aztec, MSI and Plessey.
MaxiCode, RSS-14, RSS Expanded and EAN-13.
The Create screen makes QR codes from any text, with ready templates for Wi-Fi, email and contact cards. You can change the colors, margins and error correction level.
What you enter is exactly what gets encoded, with no redirect link added to your code.
Scanning and generating happen on your computer, and no network connection is needed to use them.
See the full contents of a QR code first, so you can spot a suspicious link before you visit it.
View and export the codes you scanned and created, or turn history off.
No paid tier. You can read the source code on GitHub.
Yes. It is freeware with no paid version, and the source code is published under the Apache 2.0 license.
Yes. It reads and creates codes on your PC without a network connection.
No. It is a portable app: download the ZIP, extract it and run the program.
No. A webcam is only needed for camera scanning. You can also read codes from your screen, an image file or a picture copied to the clipboard.
No. Images are processed locally, and decoded or generated data is not collected.
Yes. Paste the screenshot from the clipboard or open the saved file. The image guide covers each way.
Windows 10 and Windows 11, 64-bit. There is no Mac or Linux version.
17 types, including QR Code, Code 128, Code 39, EAN-13, UPC-A, Data Matrix, PDF417 and Aztec.
QR Code Scanner for PC