Scan and decode QR codes from camera stream or image files securely in your browser.
The usual reason people look for an online QR reader is that the code is on the device they'd scan it with: in an email, a PDF ticket, or a screenshot someone sent. You can't point a phone at its own screen. Take a screenshot or save the image, switch to Upload, and pick the file. The code is found anywhere in the picture, so there's no need to crop it first.
Fake QR codes stuck on parking meters, restaurant tables and flyers are a growing scam. They lead to look-alike payment or login pages. Because this scanner shows the full decoded text before doing anything, you can see where a link goes first. Be wary of short links you don't recognise, misspelled domain names, and anything that asks you to pay or sign in straight after a scan.
A link only opens when you press Open Link, and it opens in a new tab.
From an image, the usual problems are low resolution and blur. A code that's tiny in the picture is hard to read, so zoom in before you take the screenshot. With the camera, add light, hold still for a second, and move back a little if the camera can't focus that close.
Stylised codes with logos, gradients or light-on-dark colours can fail with the camera. Uploading a picture of the same code often works better, because image scanning also tries the code with its colours inverted.
This tool reads QR codes only. The striped barcodes on products (EAN, UPC) need a different kind of scanner.
Yes. Choose Upload and pick the photo or screenshot from your gallery. It doesn't need to be cropped.
The browser needs your permission, and it only allows camera access on secure (https) pages, which this is. If you pressed Block by mistake, allow the camera for this site in your browser settings and reload. Another app using the camera at the same time can also block it.
No. Decoding happens in your browser with the jsQR library. The video and images never leave your device, and nothing is stored.
The raw text, which looks like WIFI:S:NetworkName;T:WPA;P:password;; so you can read and copy the network name and password.
No, only QR codes.
OneClickly is a set of 119 free tools for PDFs, images, text, everyday math and code. They run in your browser, so the files and text you work with stay on your device.