Make a QR code for a link, WiFi network, phone number or contact card. No account, no watermark, no expiry, and no redirect service logging who scans it.
Open the QR code generator →Most free QR generators produce a dynamic code. The pattern does not contain your link. It contains a short URL owned by the generator, which redirects to you. That arrangement has two consequences people discover late:
Palarid makes static codes. Your destination is encoded directly in the black-and-white pattern. Nothing sits in between, so nothing can expire and nothing can be logged. The trade-off is honest and worth stating: you cannot change the destination later without printing a new code.
| Type | Typical use |
|---|---|
| Website link | Menu, review page, event page, Wi-Fi sign-in portal |
| WiFi network | Guest access at home, cafés, holiday lets |
| Phone number | Tap to call — trade vehicles, shop windows |
| Contact card (vCard) | Business cards, conference badges |
| Plain text | Serial numbers, asset tags, instructions |
A rough working rule is that the printed code should be at least one tenth of the distance it will be scanned from. A code read at 2 metres wants to be about 20 cm across. Codes on packaging read at arm's length can be 2–3 cm.
Leave clear space around all four sides — about four modules' width, which in practice means don't crowd the code with text or a border. Scanners use that margin to find the code's edges.
Dark pattern on a light background. Many scanners fail on inverted (light-on-dark) codes, and most fail on low-contrast colour pairs. If in doubt, black on white.
Every extra character adds modules, and a denser grid is harder to read on a cheap camera in poor light. Strip tracking parameters from URLs before encoding — ?utm_source=… can easily double the length.
Scan the final artwork, at final size, on both an old Android phone and an iPhone, in the lighting where it will actually be used. This catches nearly every real-world failure.
The code is generated in your browser. Palarid has no record of the links, passwords or contact details you turn into codes — including WiFi passwords.
A WiFi QR code contains your network password as readable text. Anyone who scans it — or photographs the printed card and decodes it later — has the password. That is fine for a guest network you're happy to share. It is not fine for your main network if the card sits in a public café. Use a separate guest network where the router supports one.
Static ones never do. Dynamic ones expire when the company behind them decides they should. If a generator asks you to sign up before giving you a code, it is almost certainly dynamic.
QR codes carry error correction, so a small central logo usually still scans. Covering more than roughly 15–20% of the area starts to break them. Always test.
The code itself is just data, but it can point anywhere. Before opening a link from a code — especially a sticker placed over an existing one on a parking meter or charging point — check the URL your phone previews. Sticker-over-sticker fraud is common enough to be worth the two seconds.
No. There is no account, so there is nothing to meter.
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