No trial countdown. No credit card. No QR code that dies two weeks after you printed 500 flyers.
Download the Free Desktop AppWindows & macOS · Generates static QR codes that work forever · 100% offline
Spoiler: the QR image can't expire. The business model behind it can.
A QR code is just a pattern of black and white squares — ink on paper. It cannot stop working any more than a printed phone number can. So why did your last QR code die after two weeks?
Because most "free QR code generators" don't give you a QR code that points to your website. They give you a QR code that points to their redirect server, which then forwards to your website — and when your 14-day trial ends, they switch off the redirect. Your printed menus, flyers and business cards now open an upgrade page. That's the plan: they're betting you'll pay to resurrect it.
Codex QR doesn't play that game. Static codes encode your content directly — nothing on any server can turn them off, ever. And free dynamic codes have no trial clock: they stay active for as long as your account exists.
What actually happens to your QR code after you hit "download".
| Typical "free" generator | Codex QR | |
|---|---|---|
| After 14 days | QR stops working, shows upgrade page | Still works |
| Credit card to start | Often required | Never |
| Static QR codes | Rarely offered | Unlimited & permanent (desktop app) |
| Works offline | Never — server required | 100% offline, no account |
| Your data | Uploaded to their servers | Never leaves your computer |
Need codes you can edit after printing, with scan analytics? That's a different tool for a different job: Codex QR Cloud, our dynamic QR platform. This page is about codes that live forever — and those are static.
One download, no account, no subscription. Windows and macOS.
URL, WiFi, vCard, email, SMS, calendar, location, payments (UPI, PIX, SEPA), crypto and more — 25+ types, all encoded directly in the image. No server. No expiry. Ever.
Custom colors, logo in the center, artistic styles. Export high-resolution PNG or SVG, ready for print at any size — business cards to billboards.
Scan QR codes from your camera, image files or screenshots — even a whole folder at once. Everything processed locally on your machine.
If it's going on paper, it had better still work next year.
Point a static QR at your menu page once — it keeps working through every reprint, season after season.
RSVP and photo-sharing QRs printed months ahead. They'll still work on the big day — and after.
A vCard QR on 500 printed cards is a commitment. Make it one that doesn't expire.
A WiFi QR code framed at the entrance. Static, offline, permanent.
Manuals, warranty registration, support pages — printed on thousands of boxes. Zero tolerance for dead links.
Unlimited static QR codes in the free desktop app. No account, no server, no expiry — ever.
Need editable codes with analytics instead? See Codex QR Cloud.