A simple Chrome extension that generates QR codes from selected text on any webpage.
Perfect for quickly sharing text content, URLs, or any other information through QR codes.
- Right-click Context Menu: Generate QR codes directly from selected text
- Download release.zip from Releases
- Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/muleyuck/Text2QR
cd text2qr- Install dependencies:
npm install- Build the extension:
npm run build- Open Chrome and navigate to
chrome://extensions/ - Enable "Developer mode" in the top right
- Click "Load unpacked" and select the
distfolder
- Select text on any webpage
- Right-click on the selected text
- Choose "Generate QR Code" from the context menu
- Scan the QR code with any QR code reader
The QR code will contain the exact text you selected and can be scanned by any device with a QR code reader.
- React 19 - Modern React with latest features
- TypeScript - Type-safe development
- Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework
- Vite - Fast build tool and dev server
- qrcode.react - QR code generation library
- Error Correction Level: L (Low) - ~7% error correction
- Size: 256x256 pixels
- Margin: 4 modules
- Logo: Custom favicon embedded and excavated
- Chrome (Manifest V3)
- Edge (Chromium-based)
- Other Chromium-based browsers