Announcing: justaqrcode.com.
Tired of "free" QR code generators that are full of ads and trackers, that share your data, and that want to sell you something? Me too. Here's my act of resistance: I made a one-page site that works entirely in your browser to generate a simple QR code. And that's all it does. You can download the HTML page and run it locally, even. Read the source; nothing up my sleeves. Just a QR code.
My offer to you -- I will continue to pay for the domain name and web hosting for it, myself. If you find it valuable, you can pay it back by creating your own useful thing for the world and releasing it for free. Let's take back the friendly web, one vexingly-monetized utility at a time!
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Kevin Russell
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in reply to Kevin Russell • • •Bonsoir comment allez-vous ?
Kevin Russell
in reply to Marie louise • • •I don't use Mastodon like this.
Jim Patterson 🇨🇦
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •I was caught in a QR scheme a while back - a ransomware attack. The QR code was in fact free (for a while) and offered a feature that you could change the URL after it was generated, which it did by directing the QR code back to its own site, and letting you change the URL it redirected to.
... and that enabled the "ransom". After a couple of weeks it would not redirect any more unless you paid their license fee, so no longer free.
#QRCode
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in reply to Geoff 🏴 • • •As a chemistry teacher I very much approve.
Thank you!
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in reply to Geoff 🏴 • • •Nah... I was trying to make the most useless warning sign I could think of.
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in reply to Geoff 🏴 • • •@_thegeoff @Cyborus @spacehobo it was also the PIN used to "secure" the audio recordings traffic crosswalk systems played across the USA.
Except that one was only 1234.
Geoff 🏴
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stux⚡
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •niice!
I have one running here:
qr.stux.me
LibreQR · QR codes generator
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in reply to stux⚡ • • •🇵🇸 Álvaro González
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •ely
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@gabe_sky
Try this result, none of my scanners recognise this.
🇵🇸 Álvaro González
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in reply to ely • • •Cool tattoo though...
Toni Aittoniemi
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •Armin Hanisch
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Haufenweise Codes
www.arminhanisch.deAlexia Starling
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •Alexia Starling
in reply to Alexia Starling • • •zhenech
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •ha! I built something similar specifically for WiFi QR codes!
qifi.org
pure JS WiFi QR Code Generator
qifi.orgMa Quest
in reply to zhenech • • •ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him)
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •I created this (command-line) program for generating music from text (e.g. 'C4 D4 E4' will get you middle C, middle D, and middle E, all as quarter notes). I made it mainly for myself, but maybe others will find it interesting/useful! Tons of things are supported, from custom rhythms to chords to pre-defined scales and modes to even definition of 'sections' which can be used to reduce repetition.
gitlab.com/chiraag-nataraj/mus…
ಚಿರಾಗ್ ನಟರಾಜ್ / musik · GitLab
GitLabcategulario 🐍 🦀 🦎 🇵🇸
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •just like duckduckgo! (when searching "qr + text")
duckduckgo.com/?t=h_&q=qr%20ht…
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in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •If we all contribute something totally free, we can fight against the enshittification of everything.
Here's mine: beaks.live - live feed from inside a bird box with nesting blue tits. No ads, no nags, just enjoy the birds. Be quick though - they are about to fledge any time now.
Beaks!
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in reply to sylvie • • •Ralf Stockmann
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •Nice. I use GitHub Pages for these kinds of tools to reduce my costs. E.g.
github.com/rstockm/mastowall
GitHub - rstockm/mastowall: Simple implementation of a Twitter-Wall like grid of postings from Mastodon
GitHubMeko #nowar
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •we need more websites like this.
And some public lists of these simple websites so it will be easier to find them.
Maronno Winchester
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D. B. Stuck
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •Bookmarking this for when I'm on my laptop. I look forward to using it.
The closest I've ever found to a QR generator that didn't put in trackers or sell you a membership to create a code, was one run by a printing company. They offered to put your code on mugs, t-shirts and whatever.
The best part was their generator would make code that simply returned plain text as well. Super cool.
Marcel Appelman
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •Single-Serving Sites
Single-Serving SitesAlison Wilder
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •lol amazing placeholder text
Edit: AND kudos for doing this. I've thought about it many times and have never done it. It always really steams me that qr code generators are so infested.
Eloy. 🔜 39C3
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •Nice!
One request though: could you inline the JavaScript library so that it will work locally *and offline*? (done it myself but that would be useful for other people as well)
xinit ☕
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •Fantastic. I think I might host a copy as well, just in case you give up on the domain name.
Also reminded me to look for a QR code scanning app that's not integrated in my phone's camera app, and isn't loaded with ads.
play.google.com/store/apps/det…
QR Code Scanner - without ads - Apps on Google Play
play.google.comAsbjornn
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •Thank you - twice.
Once for this nice tool. Once for your example.
I’ve had difficulties explaining some people why open source software happens. How can innovation happen without profit? Now I can point to your clear toot.
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in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •Álvaro R.
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •Nicely done! Simple online tool (no strings attached)!
Anyone looking for an offline command-line alternative, qrencode is fantastic (github.com/fukuchi/libqrencode) and can be easily integrated into your favorite text editor.
Here's how I use from #emacs via dwim-shell-command github.com/xenodium/dwim-shell…
ps. There's zbar is also great for scanning xenodium.com/emacs-scan-this-q…
GitHub - fukuchi/libqrencode: A fast and compact QR Code encoding library
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Unknown parent • • •they support custom domains too
BeYourOwnPlatform.site
is at
codeberg.org/BeYourOwnPlatform…
pages
Codeberg.orgAlanna 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •Damnit! I was seriously working on implementing this for the same reasons! 🤣
Well done on getting there first!
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in reply to Gabe Schuyler • • •Elegant Glassmorphic QR Code Generator
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