Free QR Code & Barcode Generator

Type any text or URL, get a QR code or barcode. No signup. Built on the CodeKit API.

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One call returns a hosted PNG or SVG. Free tier: 50/month — then $5/mo for 1,000, up to 60,000 on higher plans.

GET /qr?data=https://example.com&type=qrcode&format=png
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CodeKit is a production-grade QR code and barcode generation API: one endpoint that turns any value into a clean, scannable image, with the caching, rate limiting, and uptime you'd otherwise have to build yourself. This free tool is the same engine, so the output you see here is identical to what your code receives.

How it works

Enter any text, URL, or product number and CodeKit renders it server-side with a battle-tested barcode engine, then caches the result on a CDN. This tool is a thin wrapper around a single GET /qr request, so every option here — symbology, scale, colors, PNG or SVG — is available straight from your own code.

Supported symbologies

2D: QR code, Data Matrix, PDF417
Retail: EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E, ITF-14, GS1-128, ISBN
General: Code 128, Code 39

Use cases

QR codes for tickets, menus, business cards, and Wi-Fi sharing
Product/shipping barcodes (EAN, UPC, ITF-14) for catalogs and labels
SVG codes that scale crisply in print and PDF
On-the-fly codes in emails, invoices, and dashboards

FAQ

Is the generator free?: Yes — free to use, no signup. The CodeKit API behind it has a free tier of 50 codes/month; paid plans start at $5/mo for 1,000 and scale to 60,000.
Can I get SVG instead of PNG?: Yes. Add &format=svg for a crisp vector you can scale to any size for print.
Can I customize the colors?: Yes — pass fg and bg as hex values (e.g. fg=0b0f17) to match your brand.
Are barcodes validated?: Yes — if the data doesn't fit the chosen symbology (e.g. letters in an EAN-13), the API returns a clear 400 instead of a broken image.

API reference

Call it through RapidAPI. Base host: codekit-qr-and-barcode-generator.p.rapidapi.com. Send your key as X-RapidAPI-Key and the host as X-RapidAPI-Host.

GET/qr

Generate a QR code or barcode. By default it 302-redirects to the cached image; add json=true to get a JSON { url } instead. POST /qr accepts the same fields as a JSON body.

Param	Type	Description
datarequired	string	The value to encode (URL, text, product number).
typeopt	string	`qrcode` (default), `code128`, `code39`, `ean13`, `ean8`, `upca`, `upce`, `datamatrix`, `pdf417`, `itf14`, `isbn`, `gs1-128`.
formatopt	string	`png` (default) or `svg`.
scaleopt	number	Pixel scale 1–12 (default 4).
eccopt	string	QR error correction: `L`, `M` (default), `Q`, `H`.
includetextopt	boolean	Show the human-readable value under linear barcodes.
fg / bgopt	string	Foreground/background hex (e.g. `000000` / `FFFFFF`).
jsonopt	boolean	`true` → `{ url }`; otherwise a 302 redirect to the image.

Returns a 302 redirect to the PNG/SVG on the CDN, or { url, cached } when json=true.

curl -G "https://codekit-qr-and-barcode-generator.p.rapidapi.com/qr" \
  --data-urlencode "data=https://example.com" \
  -d "type=qrcode" -d "format=png" -d "json=true" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: codekit-qr-and-barcode-generator.p.rapidapi.com"