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I've used the Zint barcode generator, which can produce a lot of different symbologies including QR codes: https://zint.org.uk/manual/chapter/1 There's a Windows GUI for generating images manually, and also a CLI you can use in scripts. I put it on the server of our regional archival aggregator (Archives West <https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/>) to generate QR codes for each finding aid. -Tamara On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 4:39 AM Joe Hourclé <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > On Apr 27, 2023, at 11:23 PM, Fitchett, Deborah < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Kia ora, > > > > A library user’s looking for a way to generate a QR code for a specific > webpage. They’ll want it to work on a fairly permanent basis and I’d want > to avoid any statistics/trackers being embedded – so it shouldn’t be > dependent on a middle-party like bit.ly to resolve it. > > > > Does anyone know of somewhere they can do this? > > There are a lot of things that can do this (I even made one yesterday on > my phone… it was an iPhone ‘shortcut’… I don’t know if it’s a built-in or > something from one of the apps that I have installed) > > But one bit of advice: choose a short URL to start. As it’s basically > just an encoding standard, the longer the URL, the more complex the image > becomes. If you can control the website, you can mint a URL that’s short > to start with, or set up a redirect or rewrite if you’re using a content > management system. > > And then test your QR code… there are plenty of readers out there that > will tell you what the URL (or other text) is instead of just sending you > blindly to a webpage. That will let you know if the code links straight to > the site you wanted, or if it tries going through some tracking website > first. > > -Joe > > Sent from a mobile device with a crappy on screen keyboard and obnoxious > "autocorrect" -- Tamara Marnell Program Manager, Systems Orbis Cascade Alliance (orbiscascade.org <https://www.orbiscascade.org/>) Pronouns: she/her/hers