Choose Create in the sidebar. Making a code takes three steps: choose a type, add the content, then design and download.
1. Choose a type
The type decides what happens when somebody scans the code. The most used ones are at the top: URL, Wi-Fi, UPI, vCard, menu and PDF. Choose Browse all types to see the rest, grouped by what they're for:
- Static codes: a link, text, Wi-Fi details, a contact card, an email, a phone number, a location or a calendar event.
- Payments: UPI, and the formats wallets in other countries expect, such as SEPA, Pix and PromptPay.
- Apps and social: links that open the right place in an app instead of a search result.
- Hosted pages: a menu, a PDF, a landing page or another page we host, which you can change after printing.
- Actions and standards: codes that trigger one specific thing, or carry an identifier such as a GS1 Digital Link.
Barcodes are on the same screen, under Barcodes.
2. Add the content
Fill in the form. Every field is checked before anything is encoded: a UPI ID, an IBAN or a phone number that isn't valid is flagged by the field, with what to change.
For types that support both, choose Static or dynamic here. The form starts on static. Dynamic prints a short link you can point somewhere else later; static puts the content in the pattern and can never change. Getting started explains the difference.
A dynamic code's ending, the part after qrrd.in/, is Generated by default. Choose Custom to type your own, such as qrrd.in/spring-menu. Your plan's shortest length shows under the field, and the ending is checked as you type.
With dynamic chosen, the preview is a sample: it opens your address directly, because the short link doesn't exist yet. Your real dynamic code, with its own short link, is made on the next screen. Download and print that one.
Give the code an internal name so you can find it in your library, and choose a folder if you use them. Only you see the name.
If you'd rather describe the code in words, use Describe the code you want. It costs one AI credit, fills the form in for you, and creates nothing until you check it and choose Create. AI never writes the content that goes into the code without you confirming it.
3. Design and download
Choose colours, a shape, a logo and a frame. The scan checks beside the preview update as you change things. Designing a code that scans explains what each check means.
Download as PNG, SVG, PDF, EPS, WEBP or JPG. For print, use SVG, PDF or EPS: they're vector files, so a print shop can scale them without blurring.